“We Feel Safer in Our Sins”

Pope Francis, once again, stepping on toes:

“It is so difficult to listen to the voice of Jesus, the voice of God, when you believe that that the whole world revolves around you: there is no horizon, because you become your own horizon,” the Pope told mass-goers in the Vatican’s Saint Martha residence on Nov. 4.

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“In the end (they) prefer their own interests rather than sharing dinner together: They do not know what it means to celebrate,” the Bishop of Rome said, noting that if the dinner had been a small gathering for business, everyone would have come.
“But what shocked them was the gratuity. Being one among the others, there…this form of egoism of being at the center of everything.”
Pope Francis explained that this form of egoism is often rooted in a fear of God’s gratuity, saying that when Jesus offers something so great that “even the saint is suspicious,” like he did to the disciples of Emmaus or to Thomas who wanted to touch his wounds, we think it’s better not to get involved.
“We feel safer in our sins, in our limitations, but feel at home; leaving our home to answer God's invitation, go to God’s house, with others? No. I'm afraid,” Pope Francis said, observing how this is a fear that all Christians have hidden deep inside.

The message seems clear.

If you want to feel good about yourself, if you want to be validated at all times, if you want to feel secure and comfortable and sentimentally warm and fuzzy in the faith, then Christianity, and dare I say Catholicism, is not for you.

But if you want to be challenged, if you want to be stretched, if you're ok with occasionally having your toes stepped on or in fact, occasionally be the toe stepper yourself, then Christianity, and particularly Catholicism, is something you should be embracing because in the end, you'll be better prepared to take on what life hands you.

The Pope steps on many toes and I'm of the firm belief the Holy Spirit is guiding his steps and for good reason.

Carry on.