Wednesday, October 2, 2013

"I'm Not Francis Of Assisi"


"I'm not Francis of Assisi and I do not have his strength and his holiness. But I am the Bishop of Rome and Pope of the Catholic world. The first thing I decided was to appoint a group of eight cardinals to be my advisers. Not courtiers but wise people who share my own feelings. This is the beginning of a Church with an organization that is not just top-down but also horizontal. When Cardinal Martini talked about focusing on the councils and synods he knew how long and difficult it would be to go in that direction. Gently, but firmly and tenaciously."
Link (here) to the full interview by  Eugenio Scalfari of Pope Francis 

Link (here) to the twelfth rule of Saint Ignatius' Spiritual Exercise and his his complete discourse, TO HAVE THE TRUE SENTIMENT WHICH WE OUGHT TO HAVE IN THE CHURCH MILITANT


Twelfth Rule
 We ought to be on our guard in making comparison of those of us who are alive to the blessed passed away, because error is committed not a little in this; that is to say, in saying, this one knows more than St. Augustine; he is another, or greater than, St. Francis; he is another St. Paul in goodness, holiness, etc.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I FEEL VERY SAD FOR THE CHURCH BECAUSE SHE IS GOING TO BE DESTROYED FROM WITH IT ..WITH THIS POPE....PERHAPS THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS ON A COFFEE BREAK WHEN HE WAS ELECTED. HE SEEMS VERY ANGRY AT ALL BISHOPS AND HAS AN AGENDA....FIRST OF ALL HE IS A SCIENCE TEACHER IN THE SJS NOT A THEOLOGY PROFESSOR ..TOO BAD THIS HAPPENED .