In his daily homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis invited bishops to overcome the \u201cGreat Accuser\u201d, the devil, who tries to create scandal through one's sins. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> He concluded by stressing the importance for bishops to pray, have humility and to stay close to the people. <\/p>\n EXCERPTS OF PAPAL HOMILY<\/strong> \u201cThe bishop who loves Jesus is not trying to climb a ladder, advancing his vocation as if it were a mere task or seeking a better placement or promotion. No. A bishop feels chosen, and has the certainty of being chosen. This drives him to speak with the Lord: \u2018You chose me, of little importance, a sinner.\u2019 He is humble, because he feels chosen and feels Jesus\u2019 gaze upon his whole being. This gives him strength.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe bishop cannot remain distant from the people; he cannot have attitudes that take him away from them\u2026 He doesn\u2019t try to find refuge with the powerful or elite. No. The \u2018elites\u2019 criticize bishops, while the people has an attitude of love towards the bishop. This is almost a special unction that confirms the bishop in his vocation.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIn these times, it seems like the Great Accuser has been unchained and is attacking bishops. True, we are all sinners, we bishops. He tries to uncover the sins, so they are visible in order to scandalize the people. The Great Accuser, as he himself says to God in the first chapter of the Book of Job, \u201croams the earth looking for someone to accuse\u201d. A bishop\u2019s strength against the Great Accuser is prayer, that of Jesus and his own, and the humility of being chosen and remaining close to the people of God, without seeking an aristocratic life that removes this unction. Let us pray, today, for our bishops: for me, for those who are here, and for all the bishops throughout the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" September 11, 2018. \u201cHe tries to uncover the sins, so they are visible in order to scandalize the people,\u201d Pope Francisc said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/R5VomEO7kAg","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta1109eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta1109int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cIn these times, it seems like the Great Accuser has been unchained and is attacking bishops. True, we are all sinners, we bishops. He tries to uncover the sins, so they are visible in order to scandalize the people. The Great Accuser, as he himself says to God in the first chapter of the Book of Job, \u201croams the earth looking for someone to accuse\u201d. A bishop\u2019s strength against the Great Accuser is prayer, that of Jesus and his own, and the humility of being chosen and remaining close to the people of God, without seeking an aristocratic life that removes this unction. Let us pray, today, for our bishops: for me, for those who are here, and for all the bishops throughout the world.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n
\n(Source: Vatican News)<\/p>\n