{"id":282,"date":"2013-03-14T17:38:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-14T17:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2013\/03\/first-homily-of-pope-francis.html"},"modified":"2013-03-14T17:38:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-14T17:38:00","slug":"first-homily-of-pope-francis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/labmind\/2013\/03\/first-homily-of-pope-francis.html","title":{"rendered":"First Homily of Pope Francis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>
Before the text, my comments: The Pope hardly consults the text of his homily. \u00a0He speaks freely and from the heart. I have marked the most striking parts of the brief homily. \u00a0He is calling all to return to Christ wholeheartedly.<\/span><\/div>\n
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In these three readings I see that there is something in common: it is movement. In the first reading, movement is the journey [itself]; in the second reading, movement is in the up-building of the Church. In the third, in the Gospel, the movement is in [the act of] profession: walking, building, professing.<\/p>\n

Walking: the House of Jacob. \u201cO house of Jacob, Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord.\u201d This is the first thing God said to Abraham: \u201cWalk in my presence and be blameless.\u201d Walking: our life is a journey and when we stop, there is something wrong<\/span><\/b>. Walking always, in the presence of the Lord, in the light of the Lord, seeking to live with that blamelessness, which God asks of Abraham, in his promise.<\/p>\n

Building: to build the Church. There is talk of stones: stones have consistency, but [the stones spoken of are] living stones, stones anointed by the Holy Spirit. Build up the Church, the Bride of Christ, the cornerstone of which is the same Lord. With [every] movement in our lives, let us build!<\/p>\n

Third, professing: we can walk as much we want, we can build many things, but if we do not confess Jesus Christ, nothing will avail.<\/span><\/b> We will become a pitiful NGO, but not the Church, the Bride of Christ. When one does not walk, one stalls. When one does not built on solid rocks, what happens? What happens is what happens to children on the beach when they make sandcastles: everything collapses, it is without consistency. When one does not profess Jesus Christ\u2014I recall the phrase of Leon Bloy\u2014\u201cWhoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil.\u201d When one does not profess Jesus Christ, one professes the worldliness of the devil.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Walking, building-constructing, professing: the thing, however, is not so easy, because in walking, in building, in professing, there are sometimes shake-ups\u2014there are movements that are not part of the path: there are movements that pull us back.<\/p>\n

This Gospel continues with a special situation. The same Peter who confessed Jesus Christ, says, \u201cYou are the Christ, the Son of the living God. I will follow you, but let us not speak of the Cross. This has nothing to do with it.\u201d He says, \u201cI\u2019ll follow you on other ways, that do not include the Cross.\u201d When we walk without the Cross, when we build without the Cross, and when we profess Christ without the Cross, we are not disciples of the Lord. We are worldly, we are bishops, priests, cardinals, Popes, but not disciples of the Lord.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

I would like that all of us, after these days of grace, might have the courage\u2014the courage\u2014to walk in the presence of the Lord, with the Cross of the Lord: to build the Church on the Blood of the Lord, which is shed on the Cross, and to profess the one glory, Christ Crucified. In this way, the Church will go forward.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

My hope for all of us is that the Holy Spirit, that the prayer of Our Lady, our Mother, might grant us this grace: to walk, to build, to profess Jesus Christ Crucified. So be it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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