Papal Preacher on Humility and Modesty

[BarbaraTherese]

Father Cantalamessa is one of my favourites in his homilies etc. This one I found informative, inspiring and a reminder…although these comments of Father’s were back in August, we have recently had this Gospel at Mass…

Father Cantalamessa on Modesty
zenit.org/article-20379?l=english

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Jesus’ relationships with the Pharisees were not only conflictual. They often shared the same convictions, such as faith in the resurrection of the dead and the love of God and neighbor as the first and most important commandment of the law. Some, as we see in Sunday’s Gospel, even invited Jesus to dinner at their house. Today there is agreement that the Pharisees did not want Jesus to be condemned as much as their rival sect, the Sadducees, who belonged to Jerusalem’s priestly caste.

For all these reasons, it would be a very good thing to stop using the terms “Pharisee” and “Pharisaical” in a disparaging way. This would also help dialogue with the Jews who recall with great respect the role played by the Pharisees in their history, especially after the destruction of Jerusalem.

 

[wardrandolph]

Thanks for the post.

 

[BarbaraTherese]

Thanks for the post.

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[blessedstar]

I always feel sorry for the poor old Pharisees. I don’t think they were as bad a bunch as people think they were.

Thanks for another good thread Barb.

In the Living Prayer of my life

 

[BarbaraTherese]

I always feel sorry for the poor old Pharisees. I don’t think they were as bad a bunch as people think they were.

Thanks for another good thread Barb.

In the Living Prayer of my life

Hi again Blessed Star…good to catch up with you on the rounds!
From what I have read the pharisees were totally convinced people to the point of bigotry, and totally convinced they were correct in all things. They were totally sincere people in their wrongmindedness. This is the attitude that Jesus found hardest to break through…to awaken them…and probably the hardest attitude for Him to break through into today. The men he chose as apostles were the complete opposite to this in that they were simple men, not learned men, and their minds were open to Grace which is revealed in their groping for understanding as they follow Jesus…they did not reject Jesus because His Message was so new and challenging.
I really look forward to the Papal homilies by Father Cantalamessa…he is a deeply spiritual man. His homilies incidentally appear in Zenit every so often but regularly.

I share your sentiment about the pharisees, since I learnt a bit more about them and feel that with Judas there may be more to his story too and he did die totally repentant…albeit despairingly repentant.

I thought Father Cantalamessa’s point not to use “pharisee” and “pharisetical” as derogatory contemporary terms was a very good point and hope to invest in it.

Cacha again on the rounds, BS:thumbsup: …Blessings and regards…Barb

 

[BarbaraTherese]

Nothing to do with this thread, but I am puzzled why there is always almost an abundant number of replies if I venture into the foolish and post into Apologetics…and so few in comparison here in Spirituality…
At some point (bit of catching up to get done) I will open a thread on this somewhere, as I think it would be interesting to read the replies.
…Barb