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To: Cicero; Morgana; ebb tide
In this portion of his "homily",

Today each of you, dear brothers, is asked to cherish in your own heart, and in the heart of the Church, this summons to be merciful like the Father. And to realize that “if something should rightly disturb us and trouble our consciences, it is the fact that so many of our brothers and sisters are living without the strength, light and consolation born of friendship with Jesus Christ, without a community of faith to support them, without meaning and a goal in life” (Evangelii Gaudium, 49).

he refers to his document, Evangelii Gaudium, paragraph 49. If we read that paragraph in its entirety we see him referring to those harsh rules that judge. He is most certainly referring to his preferred "grey" which is the cornerstone of his heretical morality taught in his document, Amoris Latitia:

Let us go forth, then, let us go forth to offer everyone the life of Jesus Christ. Here I repeat for the entire Church what I have often said to the priests and laity of Buenos Aires: I prefer a Church which is bruised, hurting and dirty because it has been out on the streets, rather than a Church which is unhealthy from being confined and from clinging to its own security. I do not want a Church concerned with being at the centre and which then ends by being caught up in a web of obsessions and procedures. If something should rightly disturb us and trouble our consciences, it is the fact that so many of our brothers and sisters are living without the strength, light and consolation born of friendship with Jesus Christ, without a community of faith to support them, without meaning and a goal in life. More than by fear of going astray, my hope is that we will be moved by the fear of remaining shut up within structures which give us a false sense of security, within rules which make us harsh judges, within habits which make us feel safe, while at our door people are starving and Jesus does not tire of saying to us: “Give them something to eat” (Mk 6:37).

5 posted on 11/19/2016 11:56:47 AM PST by piusv (Pray for a return to the pre-Vatican II (Catholic) Faith)
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To: piusv

Narcissists love quoting themselves.


6 posted on 11/19/2016 12:25:57 PM PST by ebb tide (We have a rogue curia in Rome.)
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