Posted on 08/29/2021 9:47:07 AM PDT by ebb tide
hristians must avoid the risk of a religiosity of appearances, said Pope Francis. Pope Francis firmly denounced this attitude in his catechesis delivered at the Angelus on August 29, 2021. He asked Christians to stop complaining about the world and to purify first their own hearts.
In his teaching delivered from the window of the Apostolic Palace, Pope Francis explained why Jesus allowed himself not to observe Jewish rituals before meals, much to the chagrin of the scribes and Pharisees of the day. For the Argentine pope, Jesus does not act to challenge the rituals but to put faith in God at the center.
By observing above all the external formalities, one ends up falling into a “religiosity of appearances,” warned the Bishop of Rome. Jesus wants “a faith that reaches the heart,” he insisted, recalling the “revolutionary words” of Christ: “it is not what comes from outside that is bad, but what is born from there on the ‘inside’.”
From there, the head of the Catholic Church asked to stop imagining that evil would come mainly from the behavior of others or of society. “It’s always the fault of the ‘others’: the people, the rulers, bad luck,” he said in astonishment.
But for the Pope, spending time uttering these reproaches “is wasting time.” He insisted that we “cannot be truly religious by complaining: anger, resentment and sadness close the doors of God.”
Thus, the Bishop of Rome asked for the grace not to waste his time “polluting the world with complaints, because it is not Christian.” He then gave the assembled crowd an “infallible means” to overcome evil: “to begin by overcoming it in yourself.”
Before concluding, he therefore improvised this question: “How many of us, in the day or in the week, are able to accuse ourselves?” “Blaming yourself is” wisdom “that does good.” And he added: “For me, it makes me feel good, when I manage to do it!”
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The ImPopester is the poison afflicting the Church.
Well, if it feels good, do it!
I think that's in the Bible ... somewhere ...
Rich coming from a fellow who does little other than relentlessly complain about all the defects of his perceived enemies (i.e., faithful Catholics).
He’s the PERFECT COMPLAINER!!! NOT MY POPE!!
The very least Francis could be doing is besides raising theological questions on the assertions made in the Islamic codex (which is their code of observance and behavior) known as Sharia, and should be defending the Chinese Catholics.
Ignores this http://www.theusmat.com/islamandfreewill.htm
and also seems to ignore what Our Savior went through to establish the new covenant , Then Plays with suppressors of the faith
Francis continuing destructive confusing pontificating on temporal worldly social behavior,(Globull Climate) which has nothing to do with and avoids articles of faith and morals rebukes or restrains contemplative religious orders to favor such behavior .
By refusing to question and expound on the profound differences with the claims made by Islam and its followers Reaching out to and defend what Judeo/Christian beliefs are.Or challenge claims that Islamist make they are following God’s command using deceit and deception when ruthlessly murdering and torturing non believers and destroy their edifice .Smply because of its assertion of being monotheistic. Then winds up making a point of honoring it and placing it on an equal level because of that claim. Is leading to misguided conversions which is the result of my so called Pope playing games with this so called mono theistic cult and is creating a serious fracture within Christianity and The Roman Rite .
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