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VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Just as Jesus drove out merchants from the temple in Jerusalem, Christians should cleanse themselves from a transactional relationship with God by developing an intimacy with him like that of a family in their home, Pope Francis said.
Speaking to some 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus March 3, the pope highlighted the spiritual significance of the temple and said people’s various conceptions of the temple represent “different ways of approaching the Lord.”
Although his voice occasionally sounded strained, he delivered the entirety of his prepared remarks. The day before he had told groups that he was suffering from bronchitis and during the previous week he had an aide read his speeches for him.
Citing the day’s Gospel reading from St. John, in which Jesus tells those selling goods in the temple to “stop making my Father’s house a marketplace,” Pope Francis said the temple should be understood as a house where “we go to encounter the Lord, to be close to him, to be close to our brothers and sisters, to share joys and sorrows.”
“In the market, one seeks one’s own interests,” he said, whereas “at home, one gives freely.”
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Speaking to some 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray the Angelus March 3, the pope highlighted the spiritual significance of the temple and said people’s various conceptions of the temple represent “different ways of approaching the Lord.”
Although his voice occasionally sounded strained, he delivered the entirety of his prepared remarks. The day before he had told groups that he was suffering from bronchitis and during the previous week he had an aide read his speeches for him.
Citing the day’s Gospel reading from St. John, in which Jesus tells those selling goods in the temple to “stop making my Father’s house a marketplace,” Pope Francis said the temple should be understood as a house where “we go to encounter the Lord, to be close to him, to be close to our brothers and sisters, to share joys and sorrows.”
“In the market, one seeks one’s own interests,” he said, whereas “at home, one gives freely.”
Ditch the market, pope says
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A successful relationship with God is not transactional, pope says
Speaking to some 20,000 people gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray the Angelus March 3, the pope highlighted the spiritual significance of the temple and said people's various conceptions of the temple represent "different ways of approaching the Lord."
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