Posted on 03/29/2015 11:44:49 AM PDT by Biggirl
In his Palm Sunday homily, Pope Francis held up persecuted Christians as modern heroes because of their faithfulness to God even in the midst of hardships. They are the ones who follow Jesus on his path of humiliation, Francis said.
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Both.
Humiliation in this valley of tears, Heavenly glory in the next life says Biggirl.
Same path.
Christ is resurrected from the dead. He is alive now in Heaven next to His Father and is in His Glory. Christians follow Christ and are those believers in Jesus Christ alone who form His Church that He founded on Himself, not Peter or any other person.
The sacrifice (humiliation of the Cross) you speak of has been finished once for all time by The Lord Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, and He is ascended to our Father and His Father in Heaven now, ready to return to Earth for the next phase in God’s plan.
It’s something most FRoman Catholic posters say they understand but have not shown evidence on FR they do.
“It’s something most FRoman Catholic posters say they understand but have not shown evidence on FR they do.”
In TRUTH, the FRper Catholic Posters DO UNDERSTAND and have SHOWN EVIDENCE about what YOU have PRESENTED in the two previous paragraphs. A number of them do a very excellent job.
“Christ is resurrected from the dead. He is alive now in Heaven next to His Father and is in His Glory. Christians follow Christ and are those believers in Jesus Christ alone who form His Church that He founded on Himself, not Peter or any other person.”
Wrong again. Christ founded His Church on Peter, as what the Gospel of Mathew says.
Christ founded His church on Peters profession of Faith ...not on Peter... There is no evidence in the NT that any of the others considered Peter the "Pope" ...Peter never claimed it nor did the other apostles act as if he was
was to be the apostle to the Jews and Paul to the Gentiles .. peter would have had no reason to be in Rome or to build a church in Rome ..
Peter was a humble, fallible servant of Christ..
In other words, he repented.
Some folks ought to be humiliated both places just for being so ate-up.
Amen and Peter did, he wept because he repented.
Amen.
Yes, Peter repented of having the Lord Jesus Christ look right at him and call PETER by the name of Satan. OF COURSE, he probably cried. Scripture doesn’t record Jesus ever repenting of CALLING PETER the name “Satan”.
RCs really goofed by fallibly choosing Peter as the fisherman that Jesus Christ, the Chief Cornerstone and Head of His Own Church, would make the first pope of the church in a town (Rome, Italy) there is no assurance he (Peter) ever visited.
Paul did though. Paul may have been executed in or near Rome but records are sketchy. Why did the early RC leaders NOT choose Paul as first RCC pope? Odd, isn’t it, considering that Peter of the Bible was very little like Jesus of Nazareth?
Exactly one week before Easter Sunday, Pope Francis has reminded the faithful that they must follow God's humble example.
During his Palm Sunday homily this morning, the Pope told the crowds in a sunny St. Peter's Square, that even when it involves facing humiliation, we are to not let this deter us from having humility.
"There is another way," Francis pointed out, "However, it is opposed to the way of Christ. It is worldliness, the way of the world."
"The world," he said, "proposes the way of vanity, pride, success… 'the other way.'
The Argentine Pontiff again referred to the Devil, noting how the Evil One proposed this worldly way to Jesus during his 40 days in the desert and how the Lord immediately rejected it.
"With the Lord," Francis said, "we too can overcome this temptation, not only at significant moments, but in daily life as well."
Humility is God's way and the way for all Christians, he underscored.
"It is a way which constantly amazes and disturbs us: we will never get used to a humble God!"
Francis reminded the thousands gathered that God humbled himself to walk with His people, "to put up with their infidelity." He also recalled how, in the Book of Exodus, the people grumbled and complained against Moses who ultimately led them out of slavery to freedom.
Only if during Holy Week we take on Jesus' humiliation ourselves, Francis said, "will this week be 'holy' for us too!"
Recalling how despite the betrayal and ridicule Jesus faced, even by his Apostles, Christ accepts it, Francis said, noting today's faithful should follow Jesus' example of serving others.
"In this, we are helped and comforted by the example of so many men and women who, in silence and hiddenness, sacrifice themselves daily to serve others: a sick relative, an elderly person living alone, a disabled person, someone homeless."
Francis also called on those gathered to think of those persecuted for their faith, "the martyrs of our own time. They refuse to deny Jesus and they endure insult and injury with dignity."
The Holy Father called on faithful to "set about with determination along this same path," as Jesus did. "Love will guide us and give us strength," the Holy Father concluded. "For where he is, we too shall be."
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At the end of the celebration, the Pope recognized that today is World Youth Day, giving a special greeting to the young people gathered.
"Dear young people, I urge you to continue your journey both in your dioceses and in your pilgrimage across the continents, which will carry you all next year to Krakow, the homeland of St. John Paul II, who first initiated the World Youth Days."
The theme of the 2016 WYD in Poland 'Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy,' he said, fits in well with the Holy Year of Mercy.
"Let yourselves be filled by the tenderness of the Father, so you can spread it around you!" he rejoiced.
Francis called upon the faithful to turn to Mary to live this Holy Week with great faith.
Reflecting on Tuesday's tragic event, Pope Francis entrusted to the Blessed Mother's intercession the victims of the Germanwings plane crash, and noted, how among those killed, were German students.
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On ZENIT's Web page:
Homily Text: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-palm-sunday-homily--2
Angelus Translation: http://www.zenit.org/en/articles/pope-s-angelus-address--4
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