Sunday, April 14, 2013

Fresh Air from our New Pope

"The layperson is a layperson and has to live as a layperson with the power of baptism, which enables him to be a leaven of the love of God in society itself, to create and sow hope, to proclaim the faith, not from a pulpit but from his everyday life. And like all of us, the layperson is called to carry his daily cross — the cross of the layperson, not of the priest." --Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio in an interview, now Pope Francis

That quote is from this article at National Catholic Register which is about the stagnation of self-referential spiritual worldiness and ecclesiastical narcissism.

4 comments:

Terry Nelson said...

His thoughts are sooooooooooo similar to St. JoseMaria Escriva - I just read something like your quote today in a book I'm rereading.

Paul Stilwell said...

I had made a mental note to read St. JoseMaria Escriva at one point and of course forgot. Thanks for bringing him up. Could you point to any good sources for him?

Paul Stilwell said...

Oh, and I loved Pope Francis' words about "a kind of middle class holiness".

Terry Nelson said...

I'm currently reading Conversations With Monsignor Escriva de Balaguer. It is a series of interviews with the saint - very good.