Posted on 11/15/2015 12:32:06 PM PST by Biggirl
Two days after the horrendous jihadist attacks in Paris, Pope Francis preached about the “end times,†encouraging his hearers to be vigilant and ready at any moment to meet God face to face.
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Taxes and death, 2 sure things. I feel good though and positive thoughts work best.
The scripture readings are published online, or in print, on a three year cycle. The homilies are supposed to be inspired by the scripture readings. Next week the theme is The Feast of Christ the King. The readings are :
First reading Daniel 7:13-14 ©
I gazed into the visions of the night.
And I saw, coming on the clouds of heaven,
one like a son of man.
He came to the one of great age
and was led into his presence.
On him was conferred sovereignty,
glory and kingship,
and men of all peoples, nations and languages became his servants.
His sovereignty is an eternal sovereignty
which shall never pass away,
nor will his empire ever be destroyed.
Psalm Psalm 92:1-2,5
Second reading
Apocalypse 1:5-8 ©
Grace and peace to you from Jesus Christ, the faithful witness, the First-born from the dead, the Ruler of the kings of the earth. He loves us and has washed away our sins with his blood, and made us a line of kings, priests to serve his God and Father; to him, then, be glory and power for ever and ever. Amen. It is he who is coming on the clouds; everyone will see him, even those who pierced him, and all the races of the earth will mourn over him. This is the truth. Amen. ‘I am the Alpha and the Omega’ says the Lord God, who is, who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
Gospel Acclamation Mk11:10
Alleluia, alleluia!
Blessings on him who comes in the name of the Lord!
Blessings on the coming kingdom of our father David!
Alleluia!
Gospel John 18:33-37 ©
‘Are you the king of the Jews?’ Pilate asked. Jesus replied, ‘Do you ask this of your own accord, or have others spoken to you about me?’ Pilate answered, ‘Am I a Jew? It is your own people and the chief priests who have handed you over to me: what have you done?’ Jesus replied, ‘Mine is not a kingdom of this world; if my kingdom were of this world, my men would have fought to prevent my being surrendered to the Jews. But my kingdom is not of this kind.’ ‘So you are a king then?’ said Pilate. ‘It is you who say it’ answered Jesus. ‘Yes, I am a king. I was born for this, I came into the world for this: to bear witness to the truth; and all who are on the side of truth listen to my voice.’
The readings on this page are from the Jerusalem Bible, which is used at Mass in most of the English-speaking world. The New American Bible readings, which are used at Mass in the United States, cannot be shown here for copyright reasons, but the Universalis downloads do contain them.
Thank you. This speaks to my soul! Bump
Whether he said it in a planned Mass or whatever, he’s (knowingly or not) pointing out the fact that the Islamic Muslims are waging holy war (jihad) against Judeo-Christianity. And that needs to be brought to the forefront, IMHO, and is why I moved it from Religion to breaking news. It’s not a slur on the Pope. God bless him. See my posts on the thread.
Islam is the enemy.
You’re right.
Awesome!
Have read everything he’s written? Or just what the media has chosen to report?
True enough. I did not like his USA tour.
In effect, flooding Europe and the US with Muslims is a not so subtle act of war...using millions of potential warriors to physically overwhelm countries in sheer numbers.........
Amen Brother, you said it all.
Time for a Crusade and America is as good a place to start it as any.
The Pope is the rightful one to call for it but he is aiding and abetting along with Obama these heathens at the gate and inside the wire.
Time to start weeding America.
I agree completely. Right now, I’ve heard, here in TX we have a couple of communities that are pretty well taken over by muslims. I don’t care if they say they are NOT Radical...they’d never ever be able to live as real Americans because their quoran does not allow them to. When push comes to shove, all muslims will pitch in to rid the world of Jews and Christians, plus other faiths.
In his Angelus message Sunday, the Pope invited the ten thousand pilgrims gathered in Saint Peter's Square to think about their death, the day they will meet God and give an accounting for their life.
The Pope also explicitly addressed the Paris carnage, expressing his "deep sorrow for the terrorist attacks that bloodied France late on Friday, causing many casualties." Along with offering his condolences to the victims and their families, Francis condemned the massacre as an "unspeakable affront to human dignity."
"Such barbarity leaves us shocked and we wonder how the human heart can conceive and carry out such horrible events, which have shaken not only France but the whole world," he said.
Francis unequivocally recognized the Islamist ideology behind the attacks, denouncing the use of God's name to justify the brutal attacks as "blasphemy."
Commenting on Sunday's Scripture readings, the Pope said that Jesus' preaching about the end of the world contains "apocalyptic elements, like war, famine, and cosmic catastrophes."
"In those days," Francis repeated, "the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light, and the stars will be falling from the sky, and the powers in the heavens will be shaken."
These signs are not the most important things, however, the Pope insisted. "Our final goal is the meeting with the resurrected Lord." The most important thing is not knowing when the end will come, but being ready for it when it does, he said.
"We are called to live the present," Francis said, but always ready to meet God whenever he may call.
Emphasis mine.
The bolded parts above were not part of his pre-planned Mass.
Take heed: Islam is the enemy.
"Take heed: Islam is the enemy."
So true!
Thanks.
Amen!
Well, I just plainly don’t agree that we need to prepare for the “end of the world” .. not yet anyway.
What we need are courageous Governors who will start looking into all these terrorist camps.
mohammad was just a man. He was a good talker and made people think he had all the answers. They did and they still do.
lol,, My pa-in-law was a big player,, I like the 5 and 10 tables just fine.
me too.
but i’m a degenerate lol.
Can only bring cash, no cards. Fiance holds the food and toll money :)
God is good though. New Casino near Kennedy airport 25 minutes from my door. Never been there.
If i’m gonna lose big, i want my free room, food and entertainment!!
And every now and then a George Foreman grill or something lol.
Meh, it will be the end of the world for any terrorists who start sh*t near me....
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