I so like this Pope
He reminds me of the Bishop from "Les Miserables," and you can't get a much higher compliment than that.
"Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention center in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope... "This is a symbol, it is a sign — washing your feet means I am at your service," Francis told the youngsters. "Help one another. This is what Jesus teaches us. This is what I do. And I do it with my heart. I do this with my heart because it is my duty. As a priest and bishop. I must be at your service."...Previous popes would carry out the foot-washing ritual on Holy Thursday in Rome's grand St. John Lateran basilica. The 12 people chosen for the ritual would always be priests..."..."[Pope Francis' action] shows the all-embracing love of Christ..." [said Rev. James Martin]." - 'Pope washes feet of young detainees in ritual,' Nicole Winfield (http://news.msn.com/world/pope-washes-feet-of-young-detainees-in-ritual)
(also, this is sad, but it shows that the church needs this man http://news.msn.com/world/pope-francis-foot-washing-final-blow-for-traditionalists)
"Pope Francis washed and kissed the feet of a dozen inmates at a juvenile detention center in a Holy Thursday ritual that he celebrated for years as archbishop and is continuing now that he is pope... "This is a symbol, it is a sign — washing your feet means I am at your service," Francis told the youngsters. "Help one another. This is what Jesus teaches us. This is what I do. And I do it with my heart. I do this with my heart because it is my duty. As a priest and bishop. I must be at your service."...Previous popes would carry out the foot-washing ritual on Holy Thursday in Rome's grand St. John Lateran basilica. The 12 people chosen for the ritual would always be priests..."..."[Pope Francis' action] shows the all-embracing love of Christ..." [said Rev. James Martin]." - 'Pope washes feet of young detainees in ritual,' Nicole Winfield (http://news.msn.com/world/pope-washes-feet-of-young-detainees-in-ritual)
(also, this is sad, but it shows that the church needs this man http://news.msn.com/world/pope-francis-foot-washing-final-blow-for-traditionalists)
posted by melilotnfosco | 4:39 PM
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all this complaining about how this man isn't doing things like Jesus did. how can they be so blind to what Jesus actually did, and why He did it?
it's really, really sad.
yeah, we definitely miss the point sometimes, don't we? argue about things instead of working on following Him ourselves (i'm guilty)...
also, cool for him doing that!
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