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Francis Believes: Liturgy Is "Meaningless" Without Subjective Cognition

“Unless we realise that faith is a gift of God, even the prayers which the Church raises to God are meaningless,” writes Francis in his May 21 message to the Pontifical Mission Societies. The statement …More
“Unless we realise that faith is a gift of God, even the prayers which the Church raises to God are meaningless,” writes Francis in his May 21 message to the Pontifical Mission Societies.
The statement suffers from a confusion between private prayer and the public liturgy of the Church. The liturgy does, fortunately, not depend on the weakness of human understanding and on our realising "that faith is a gift of God."
Liturgy is the participation in Christ’s prayer addressed to the Father (CCC 1071, 1073). Therefore the understanding that "faith is a gift of God" is always part of the liturgy.
As a whole, the prolix 6600-words-text suffers from sentimentalism, insisting a too much on lower passions like "joy" (17x), heart (11x), attract/attraction (9x), fervour (5x), pleasure (2x) a sentimental understanding of the Holy Spirit (35x), moralism (gratitude: 11x; humble/humility: 6x) which Francis polemically opposes against truth and reason.
Francis' mantras are inevitable: "people" (26x)…More
Novella Nurney
Wait, wait,...Are you reporting that the pontiff has made nonsensical statements in his , always anticipated, orthodox ,heart warming and soul stirring homilies? How rigid. How nit-picking. Clearly, gtv lacks the joyous, embrace of the spirit- of- surprises. You must go out to the streets!( unless your still under lockdown) you must become poor! ( unless you already are because you haven't worked …More
Wait, wait,...Are you reporting that the pontiff has made nonsensical statements in his , always anticipated, orthodox ,heart warming and soul stirring homilies? How rigid. How nit-picking. Clearly, gtv lacks the joyous, embrace of the spirit- of- surprises. You must go out to the streets!( unless your still under lockdown) you must become poor! ( unless you already are because you haven't worked in 8weeks) You must pray with a poverty of spirit! (just not in my churches!) Give, give of yourselves to those around you! ( but dont you DARE PREACH THE GOSPEL) Always know we pray to the same holy father in heaven, catholic,jew,muslim, hindu, atheist, pagan, wiccan, WE ARE ONE ( the U.N. even said so!) But most of all, dont use plastics, they hurt Our mother! ( mother earth, dont you read my encyclicals????) No blessing for you and No, obviously I'm not kneeling for anything, dont ask.( unless you have a transgender, non- binary, native Zunilie tribe member that is a Christian to Sunni convert that needs thier feet washed). Happy feast of something or other, Bono is waiting . Blessed be.