{"id":239933,"date":"2019-05-31T19:07:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basilica.ro\/?p=239933"},"modified":"2019-05-31T19:07:00","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T16:07:00","slug":"pope-francis-addresses-romanian-orthodox-bishops-i-come-as-a-pilgrim-desirous-of-seeing-the-lords-face-in-the-faces-of-my-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arhiva.basilica.ro\/en\/pope-francis-addresses-romanian-orthodox-bishops-i-come-as-a-pilgrim-desirous-of-seeing-the-lords-face-in-the-faces-of-my-brothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis addresses Romanian Orthodox Bishops: I come as a pilgrim desirous of seeing the Lord\u2019s Face in the faces of my Brothers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pope Francis on Friday met with Patriarch Daniel and the Permanent Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church telling them he comes \u2018as a pilgrim desirous of seeing the Lord\u2019s face in the faces of my Brothers.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

In his address to the Permanent Synod of the Romanian Orthodox Church, <\/em>the Pope spoke of the Lord\u2019s resurrection, as being at \u201cthe very heart of the apostolic preaching handed down and preserved by our Churches.\u201d<\/p>\n

Suffering and sacrifice<\/h4>\n

He noted that in Romania, as in so many other places nowadays, many had experienced the Passover of death and resurrection in the form of persecution. Pope Francis remembered those who were \u201cmartyrs and confessors of the faith\u201d.<\/p>\n

What these people suffered, said the Pontiff, \u201ceven to the sacrifice of their lives, is too precious an inheritance to be disregarded or tarnished.\u00a0 It is a shared inheritance, he added, and it summons us to remain close to our brothers and sisters who share it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking to those present, the Pope recalled Pope John Paul II\u2019s address to this Holy Synod twenty years ago with the words. \u201cI have come to contemplate the Face of Christ etched in your Church; I have come to venerate this suffering Face, the pledge to you of new hope\u201d.<\/p>\n

Pope Francis told them that he too had come to Romania \u201cas a pilgrim desirous of seeing the Lord\u2019s Face in the faces of my Brothers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unity and Remembrance<\/h4>\n

Pope Francis also recalled the words of Patriarch Teoctist in Bucharest over twenty years ago \u201cUnite, Unite\u201d. The Pope described this proclamation as inaugurating a new time: \u201cthe time of journeying together in the rediscovery and revival of the fraternity that even now unites us.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe remembrance of steps taken and completed together, he said, encourages us to advance to the future in the awareness \u2013 certainly \u2013 of our differences, but above all in thanksgiving for a family atmosphere to be rediscovered and a memory of communion to be revived, that, like a lamp, can light up the steps of our journey.\u201d<\/p>\n

Journeying together<\/h4>\n

Journeying together also means listening to the Lord, Pope Francis pointed out, \u201cespecially in these more recent years, when our world has experienced rapid social and cultural changes.”<\/p>\n

He continued by saying that, \u201ctechnological development and economic prosperity may have benefited many, yet even more have remained hopelessly excluded, while a globalization that tends to level differences has contributed to uprooting traditional values and weakening ethics and social life, which more recently has witnessed a growing sense of fear that, often skillfully stoked, leads to attitudes of rejection and hate.\u201d<\/p>\n

A New Pentecost<\/h4>\n

The Pope concluded that the, \u201cjourney comes to an end, as it did in Emmaus, with the insistent prayer that the Lord remain with us.\u201d He said that, the path before us leads from Easter to Pentecost: from that Paschal dawn of unity that emerged here twenty years ago, we have set out towards a new Pentecost.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our own journey has begun anew, Pope Francis emphasized, \u201cwith the certainty that we are brothers and sisters walking side by side, sharing the faith grounded in the resurrection of the one Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photography courtesy of Basilica.ro \/ Mircea Florescu<\/p>\n

English text: Vatican News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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