Pope Angelus: The temptation to follow a Christ
without a Cross
(Vatican Radio) Before the recitation of the Angelus Prayer
on Sunday, Pope Francis delved into the meaning of this Sunday’s Gospel
reading, telling pilgrims in St Peter’s Square that, “there is always the
temptation to follow a Christ without a Cross, rather, to teach God the right
path,".
He was referring to the passage where Jesus, "reveals
to the disciples that he will suffer, be killed and rise again in Jerusalem and
he is reproached by Peter because he cannot accept that all this will happen to
the Messiah.” Jesus, said the Pope, “responds with a reproach in turn:
"Get behind me, Satan! You are scandalized, because you do not think
according to God, but according to men! "
The Holy Father went on to say, "at that point, the
Master addresses all those who followed him, clearly presenting the way to
go:" The Lord says, “if anyone wants to follow me, he must deny himself,
take up his Cross, and follow me ". Again, even today, noted the Pope,
“the temptation is to follow a Christ without a Cross, rather, to teach God the
right path.”
But, Pope Francis underlined, “Jesus reminds us that
his way is the way of love, and there is no true love without self-sacrifice.”
Jesus, commented the Pope, exhorts that "whoever wants
to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for my cause will
find it". The Holy Father explained that, “in this paradox there is the
golden rule that God has inscribed into human nature created in Christ: the
rule that only love gives meaning and happiness to life.”
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