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Pope Francis warns against falling into ‘scheduled faith’ at closing Mass for synod [CH-UK]
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GLam8833
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VERY nice speech by Pope Francis,
it gives us the “essence” to be addressed
by the Bishop’s Synod on the Family.
it gives us the “essence” to be addressed
by the Bishop’s Synod on the Family.
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FreeEver
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I assume the Catholic Herald is an appropriate news source that Catholics can read and accept. If so, I find interesting in the article the following statement:
“ Pope Francis warned that the Gospel shows two temptations that face those who follow Jesus when confronted with people who are suffering.
The first is the temptation of falling into a “spirituality of illusion,” shown in the indifference of those who ignored Bartimaeus’s cry, “going on as if nothing were happening.” “If Bartimaeus was blind, they were deaf: his problem was not their problem,” the Pope said. “This can be a danger for us: in the face of constant problems, it is better to move on, instead of letting ourselves be bothered.”
This “spirituality of illusion,” he said, makes one capable of developing world views without accepting “what the Lord places before our eyes.”
“There is a second temptation, that of falling into a ‘scheduled faith’,” he added.
“We are able to walk with the people of God, but we already have our schedule for the journey, where everything is listed: we know where to go and how long it will take; everyone must respect our rhythm and every problem is a bother.”
What is the path? - The “word” or is it the person (people). I guess we’ll find out when we meet the Lord and discover which it is or whether it should be a compromise between the two.
God Bless and Peace to all.
“ Pope Francis warned that the Gospel shows two temptations that face those who follow Jesus when confronted with people who are suffering.
The first is the temptation of falling into a “spirituality of illusion,” shown in the indifference of those who ignored Bartimaeus’s cry, “going on as if nothing were happening.” “If Bartimaeus was blind, they were deaf: his problem was not their problem,” the Pope said. “This can be a danger for us: in the face of constant problems, it is better to move on, instead of letting ourselves be bothered.”
This “spirituality of illusion,” he said, makes one capable of developing world views without accepting “what the Lord places before our eyes.”
“There is a second temptation, that of falling into a ‘scheduled faith’,” he added.
“We are able to walk with the people of God, but we already have our schedule for the journey, where everything is listed: we know where to go and how long it will take; everyone must respect our rhythm and every problem is a bother.”
What is the path? - The “word” or is it the person (people). I guess we’ll find out when we meet the Lord and discover which it is or whether it should be a compromise between the two.
God Bless and Peace to all.
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I think it is both. We all need to see Jesus in the hearts of everyone around us. We need to see the good that is there, not only the evil that is easy to see. The lesson today is to not just expect everything to fit into a schedule of our own making, but to keep our eyes open for where we can show God’s mercy to our fellow man. Yes there is law, yes there is canon law, but we are not called to act as lawyers or judges as much as we are called to act as Christ did. It is easy to act like a judge; you simply read the law and repeat it every time someone asks a question. It is even easier to ignore those who are suffering. It is much, much harder to show mercy, the love of Christ and give the Good News. No one said this path was going to be an easy one. The following is from an official Vatican source about today’s lesson:“There is a second temptation, that of falling into a ‘scheduled faith’,” he added.
“We are able to walk with the people of God, but we already have our schedule for the journey, where everything is listed: we know where to go and how long it will take; everyone must respect our rhythm and every problem is a bother.”
What is the path? - The “word” or is it the person (people). I guess we’ll find out when we meet the Lord and discover which it is or whether it should be a compromise between the two. .
Pope Francis warned of temptations for those who follow Jesus. He said that Mark’s Gospel showed at least two of them. First, none of the disciples stopped to do anything for the blind man, they were deaf, and his problem was not theirs. The Holy Father said that we, today, could do the same. He said that this can be called a “spirituality of illusion” because “we can walk through the streets of humanity without seeing what is really there; instead we see what we want to see.”
The second temptation the Pope spoke of was the danger of falling into a “scheduled faith.” He said this is when we are able to walk with the People of God but we already have “our schedule for the journey, where everything is listed”. By doing this, the Holy Father said, we run the risk of becoming like the “many” in the Gospel who lose patience with Bartimaeus.
Pope Francis said “Just a short time before, they scolded the children, and now the blind beggar: whoever bothers us or is not of our stature is excluded. Jesus, on the other hand, wants to include, above all those kept on the fringes who are crying out to him. They, like Bartimaeus, have faith, because awareness of the need for salvation is the best way of encountering Jesus.”
In the end, Pope Francis added, Bartimaeus “did not only regain his sight, but he joined the community of those who walk with Jesus.”
en.radiovaticana.va/news/2015/10/25/pope_francis_celebrates_closing_mass_of_synod_of_bishops/1181985
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