Posted on 08/24/2016 10:43:31 AM PDT by Gamecock
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Stop being judgmental hypocrites and take a look at yourself in the mirror — without covering up your wrinkles — Pope Francis advised Catholics in a sermon that reprised one of his favorite themes.
In his last homily at morning Mass before taking a break for the summer, Francis on Monday (June 20) said those who constantly judge people should instead reflect on their own behavior.
“Look in the mirror, but not to put on makeup to hide the wrinkles. No, no, no, that’s not the advice! Look in the mirror to look at yourself as you are,” the pope said, in a report by Vatican Radio.
“How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while the log is still in your eye?” he continued. “And how does the Lord look at us then, when we do this? One word: ‘hypocrite.’ First take the log out of your eye, and then you shall see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.'”
Vatican Radio usually has a reporter present at the pontiff’s daily morning Mass in the small chapel at the Vatican guest house where Francis lives. The pope will continue to celebrate Mass daily as usual, but without coverage of his remarks.
In this latest homily, the pope said those who are overly critical of others rather than looking at themselves are viewed as hypocrites by the Lord, and should not try and take God’s place:
“Being judgmental is very ugly. Judgment belongs only to God, to Him alone!”
The pontiff instead urged his followers to focus on love, understanding and mercy — the latter being the theme of the Catholic Church’s current Holy Year jubilee.
His comments continue a central theme of his papacy, during which Francis has promoted a pastoral approach to Catholicism rather than the unforgiving imposition of canon law.
While such an approach has been widely praised, the pope has also been accused by traditionalists of trying to water down church doctrine.
Francis is famous — and controversial, to some — for once saying, in reply to a question on whether gay men could become priests, “Who am I to judge?”
He was quick to judge Trump though, and quick to judge about protecting our borders.
It’s awful the way Catholics run around the world criticizing others with their swords, guns and knives! Oh, wait...
The Pope is wrong in his interpretation of not judging others, but he is fallable.
Yeah, "love thy jihadi."
I wonder which one is binding on Catholics everywhere to believe?
I would have to say, being Catholic myself, he needs to look in the mirror before he tells us to do that, we didn’t comment on anyone in his Vatican as he did about our Presidential Candidate, we haven’t heard him say anything to his ‘flock’ about the rules of our church, only what ‘he’ wants done...IMHO: “False Prophet”....
It's only the final judgement that is not mine.
There is an irony in accusing other people of being judgemental.
And on what are you basing your judgment and interpretation of what he said to determine that he is wrong?
He's the pope and I take it you're not.
What gives you the authority to sit in judgment on your church leaders?
On moral judgements, perhaps sometimes so.
But when it is a muzzie with a knife yelling to his moon god, it’s .45 time.
Sorry, pope-y, but dat’s the way it is.
(From a former Catholic.)
This pope fails to notice that he is, himself, judging others.
What a hypocrite. And we know what Jesus thought of hypocrites.
Isn’t that basically the crowd Jesus hung out with?
Frances seems to be quite the judgmental little hypocrite.
Metallica and every other heathen says the same thing.
> There is an irony in accusing other people of being judgemental.
I would call it hypocritical.
Quick to call people out as exploiters or hypocrites. Is that not judging them as unworthy? Douchebag.
And it is TOTALLY lost on the people who do that.
It never occurs to them that they are doing the very thing they condemn.
I became engaged in a conversation the other day when I happened to encounter a friend talking with someone else. They are both believers and were sitting there condemning Christians who judge others.
I just sat there and mostly just watched and listened, fascinated with what I was observing. I had never seen it so clearly before.
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