Pope Leo XIV offered a catechesis on forgiveness and Christian hope. He based it on one of the most intense scenes in the Gospel\u2014when Jesus tells His disciples that one of them will betray Him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He explained that the apostles had a curious reaction: they doubted themselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> He also reflected on Christ's attitude. Christ didn\u2019t announce the betrayal to humiliate anyone. Instead, Pope Leo encouraged reflection on the kind of love Jesus had for His disciples: because in the face of betrayal, He does not react with anger. He accepts it, gives space to the other, and does not withdraw His friendship. To make this clear, he explained one of the harshest phrases Jesus says:\u201cWoe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed; it would have been better for him not to have been born.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n POPE LEO XIV<\/strong> This catechesis is part of the series on hope that Pope Francis began for the Jubilee. The theme for this occasion was titled: \u201cBetrayal.\u201d He based it on one of the most intense scenes in the Gospel\u2014when Jesus tells His disciples that one of them will betray Him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":758,"featured_media":79897,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,27,214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/eeR2yBNWgqQ","video_descarga":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza1308eng.mp4","international_url":"https:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza1308int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79900"}],"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"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/758"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79902,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79900\/revisions\/79902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The reaction of the disciples is not anger, but sadness. They\u2019re not outraged; they\u2019re saddened. It\u2019s a pain that comes from the real possibility of being involved, and this very sadness, if welcomed with sincerity, becomes a place of conversion. The Gospel doesn\u2019t teach us to deny evil, but to recognize it as a painful opportunity to be reborn.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
POPE LEO XIV<\/strong>
He speaks the truth because He wants to save. And to be saved, one must feel\u2014feel involved, feel loved despite everything, feel that evil is real but doesn\u2019t have the final word. Only someone who has known the truth of a deep love can also accept the wound of betrayal.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are harsh words, certainly, but we must understand them well. It\u2019s not a curse, but rather a cry of pain. In Greek, that \u2018woe\u2019 is a lament, a \u2018what a pity,\u2019 an exclamation of sincere and deep compassion. We are used to judging. God, on the other hand, accepts suffering.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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