I was raised Catholic, but left the Church. I was happier with Francis than with any Popes' I'd ever known growing up. However, THIS POPE is something special. I mean really, really special, and I have been following his words carefully, to see if he is as great as I think he is. So far he has exceeded my expectations! I am praying for him to have a long, healthy life. We need him!!
Pope Leo is a leader the world needs today. With all the greed and power seekers in government, Leo offer humility and unity to us all. No smoke and mirrors. Open your eyes and hearts and help one another.
Pope Leo mentions the person who will not tell the doctor about 'his wounds'. Perhaps Pope Leo doesn't realise that a woman can tell every doctor the symptoms but he simply tells her to lose weight. This continues for more than 16 years. Until a newly qualified doctor sends her for a blood test which diagnoses a thyroid medical condition. He prescribes the appropriate tablets and the weight magically disappears! More often than not, especially if a woman is involved, the patient is ignored, told she has nothing wrong with her, but the doctor is not able to be interested enough to help his patient. Another doctor who is awake, alert and interested can diagnose correctly.
Leo... What about saving souls! Jesus tells us that we will always have the poor with us, yes, help them... But what is it if we gain the world and solve all of the worlds problems... but loose souls... Leo is a Francis on steroids! This is not going to end well... Wait and see!
Who are you to judge a pope who reminds us that love is everything? Get out with this nonsense! Are you Roman Catholic? If not, then who are you to tell me what to believe?
It seems only One can sit in that seat, and, most fortunately for us, that seat where the One sits is better known as the Mercy Seat.
“To drive the point home, Pope Leo turned to a familiar Gospel parable that had been read moments before: the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the Temple.”
I heard this pericope preached on this morning.
It may be said to show clearly all the themes of Luke’s deep understanding of the breaking/through of God’s Kingdom.
Psychologically, the corrupted soul in Luke is marked by several interlocking traits.
It is morally myopic—unable or unwilling to see the neighbor’s suffering. It is self-absorbed and entitled, narrating itself as deserving and secure. It hardens into callousness through repeated choices that protect privilege, eventually treating persons instrumentally.
These traits are not presented as abstruse philosophizing but as observable outcomes of ordinary social practices: feasting without charity, administering justice by calculation, honoring position while silencing prophets.
Against these tendencies Luke proposes concrete practices that renew the soul.
Repentance and humility are foundational: the tax collector’s bowed prayer stands as a corrective to the Pharisee’s pride.
Redistribution and mercy are
not optional virtues but signs of reoriented allegiance; sharing wealth and forgiving debts rewire social relations and desires.
Communal eating and table fellowship—Jesus’ repeated meals with sinners and outcasts—model a reconstitution of social space where the marginalized are recognized and incorporated rather than excluded.
And Jesus’ prophetic voice and willingness to be vulnerable—culminating in the cross—offer an alternative model of authority: one that exposes injustice by refusing domination and that heals through self-giving rather than coercion.
Luke diagnoses power as a corrosive force on the human soul—one that breeds greed, hypocrisy, callousness, and the instrumentalization of persons—and offers a pastoral and theological program for renewal.
Through parable, prophetic challenge, and the life of Jesus, the Gospel charts a path from corruption to restoration: humility in place of pride, mercy in place of indifference, and communal practices that form hearts able to see and serve the neighbor.
This is where our Holy Father stands, and the pilgrim road he walks daily.
"Like the Pharisee in the parable, dictators and those who support them believe they're 'not like others.' They believe themselves a privileged and omnipotent caste, convinced that they were born to rule, that they own the country, and are superior to the rest of society, which they subject and attack. They practice the religion of the 'self,' demanding worship of their persons and imposing themselves on the people with messianic airs as if they were little gods. They use God only to confirm their authoritarianism, but they never ask him for forgiveness because they acknowledge no fault. They practice an atheistic religiosity" (cf. Lk 18:9-14).
Pope Leo, go home! You are servant of Francis. You are not servant of God! You tolerate sin and condemn Truth to be silent in the name of inclusivity!!! You are not the Vicar of Christ, spreading all over the world ideologies rather than His Word. I wanna be Catholic and die Catholic! Pope Leo I pray for your conversion!
Thank you! This amazing Pope calls to mind a message a priest gave to a widow who was to arrange her husband’s Mass after his death. The widow didn’t know what to do and kept saying she wasn’t a Catholic and this very wise parish priest told her to go outside and look at all the entrances into the church to see if she sees any sign that says “Catholic’s Only”. Needless to say it was a most beautiful funeral Mass. this reminds me of this new Pontiff. Thanking God for watching out for us sinners once again🙏🙏
I'm not Catholic, but I love the kindness, humility and love he has towards others. He us a good role model for all people.
I'm not either. He inspires those listening to his messages to be better people.
Same here.
I was raised Catholic, but left the Church. I was happier with Francis than with any Popes' I'd ever known growing up. However, THIS POPE is something special. I mean really, really special, and I have been following his words carefully, to see if he is as great as I think he is. So far he has exceeded my expectations! I am praying for him to have a long, healthy life. We need him!!
Pope Leo is a leader the world needs today. With all the greed and power seekers in government, Leo offer humility and unity to us all. No smoke and mirrors. Open your eyes and hearts and help one another.
Thank you Pope Leo
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Have you considered that, in the service of justice and the poor and marginalized, we may well save souls, including our own?
Pope Leo mentions the person who will not tell the doctor about 'his wounds'. Perhaps Pope Leo doesn't realise that a woman can tell every doctor the symptoms but he simply tells her to lose weight. This continues for more than 16 years. Until a newly qualified doctor sends her for a blood test which diagnoses a thyroid medical condition. He prescribes the appropriate tablets and the weight magically disappears! More often than not, especially if a woman is involved, the patient is ignored, told she has nothing wrong with her, but the doctor is not able to be interested enough to help his patient. Another doctor who is awake, alert and interested can diagnose correctly.
Thank you, Pope Leo. Love how he looks at Zelensky in the above photo…that’s a look he certainly hadn’t given US leaders…
Leo... What about saving souls! Jesus tells us that we will always have the poor with us, yes, help them... But what is it if we gain the world and solve all of the worlds problems... but loose souls... Leo is a Francis on steroids! This is not going to end well... Wait and see!
Wow, FDR…think you missed the whole point of Leo’s homily…
Who are you to judge a pope who reminds us that love is everything? Get out with this nonsense! Are you Roman Catholic? If not, then who are you to tell me what to believe?
Less “just us” / More justice
Who are any of us to judge?
It seems only One can sit in that seat, and, most fortunately for us, that seat where the One sits is better known as the Mercy Seat.
“To drive the point home, Pope Leo turned to a familiar Gospel parable that had been read moments before: the Pharisee and the tax collector praying in the Temple.”
I heard this pericope preached on this morning.
It may be said to show clearly all the themes of Luke’s deep understanding of the breaking/through of God’s Kingdom.
Psychologically, the corrupted soul in Luke is marked by several interlocking traits.
It is morally myopic—unable or unwilling to see the neighbor’s suffering. It is self-absorbed and entitled, narrating itself as deserving and secure. It hardens into callousness through repeated choices that protect privilege, eventually treating persons instrumentally.
These traits are not presented as abstruse philosophizing but as observable outcomes of ordinary social practices: feasting without charity, administering justice by calculation, honoring position while silencing prophets.
Against these tendencies Luke proposes concrete practices that renew the soul.
Repentance and humility are foundational: the tax collector’s bowed prayer stands as a corrective to the Pharisee’s pride.
Redistribution and mercy are
not optional virtues but signs of reoriented allegiance; sharing wealth and forgiving debts rewire social relations and desires.
Communal eating and table fellowship—Jesus’ repeated meals with sinners and outcasts—model a reconstitution of social space where the marginalized are recognized and incorporated rather than excluded.
And Jesus’ prophetic voice and willingness to be vulnerable—culminating in the cross—offer an alternative model of authority: one that exposes injustice by refusing domination and that heals through self-giving rather than coercion.
Luke diagnoses power as a corrosive force on the human soul—one that breeds greed, hypocrisy, callousness, and the instrumentalization of persons—and offers a pastoral and theological program for renewal.
Through parable, prophetic challenge, and the life of Jesus, the Gospel charts a path from corruption to restoration: humility in place of pride, mercy in place of indifference, and communal practices that form hearts able to see and serve the neighbor.
This is where our Holy Father stands, and the pilgrim road he walks daily.
Beautiful
We’ll see. Love and loving often is difficult act of courage. Much easier to judge and dismiss others.
Lee-oh! Lee-oh! Lee-oh!
Viva la papa!
🔥 Bishop Silvio José Báez, OCD, reminds us:
"Like the Pharisee in the parable, dictators and those who support them believe they're 'not like others.' They believe themselves a privileged and omnipotent caste, convinced that they were born to rule, that they own the country, and are superior to the rest of society, which they subject and attack. They practice the religion of the 'self,' demanding worship of their persons and imposing themselves on the people with messianic airs as if they were little gods. They use God only to confirm their authoritarianism, but they never ask him for forgiveness because they acknowledge no fault. They practice an atheistic religiosity" (cf. Lk 18:9-14).
If love is the answer, then what is the question?
Pope Leo, go home! You are servant of Francis. You are not servant of God! You tolerate sin and condemn Truth to be silent in the name of inclusivity!!! You are not the Vicar of Christ, spreading all over the world ideologies rather than His Word. I wanna be Catholic and die Catholic! Pope Leo I pray for your conversion!
Thank you! This amazing Pope calls to mind a message a priest gave to a widow who was to arrange her husband’s Mass after his death. The widow didn’t know what to do and kept saying she wasn’t a Catholic and this very wise parish priest told her to go outside and look at all the entrances into the church to see if she sees any sign that says “Catholic’s Only”. Needless to say it was a most beautiful funeral Mass. this reminds me of this new Pontiff. Thanking God for watching out for us sinners once again🙏🙏