Jesus asks that no one be excluded from his table, pope says

Michie · Mar 11, 2023

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Catholic Church is not selective: each one of its members is a sinner and part of the holy, faithful people of God, Pope Francis said in an interview marking his 10 years as pope.

Vatican News March 10 published excerpts of the interview with RSI, a Swiss radio-television broadcasting in Italian. The full interview was to be aired and available online March 12.

Responding to why some people feel excluded from the church, the pope said, “Sin is always there. There are men of the church, women of the church who create this distance.”

“There is a bit of the vanity of the world, feeling more righteous than others, but it is not right,” he said. “We are all sinners. At the hour of truth put your truth on the table and you will see that you are a sinner.”

When Jesus asks that everyone be brought to his table, “it means that no one is excluded,” the pope said.

“When the guests did not come to the feast, he said go into the main roads and invite to the banquet whomever you find: the sick, the good and the bad, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, everyone,” he said.

“We must not forget this: the church is not a home for some, it is not selective,” the pope said. “The holy, faithful people of God are this: everyone.”

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Jesus asks that no one be excluded from his table, pope says

The Catholic Church is not selective: each one of its members is a sinner and part of the holy, faithful people of God, Pope Francis said in an interview

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WarriorAngel · Mar 11, 2023

True.
He pours out graces to all because His heart is unconditional non stop love.
That said; He doesn't chose for us to avoid His offering.

If only people opened their hearts.

fide · Mar 13, 2023

Michie said:
When Jesus asks that everyone be brought to his table, “it means that no one is excluded,” the pope said.

“When the guests did not come to the feast, he said go into the main roads and invite to the banquet whomever you find: the sick, the good and the bad, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, everyone,” he said.

“We must not forget this: the church is not a home for some, it is not selective,” the pope said. “The holy, faithful people of God are this: everyone.”

How does the pope see this?

Mt 22:9 Go out, therefore, into the main roads and invite to the feast whomever you find.’
10 The servants went out into the streets and gathered all they found, bad and good alike,* and the hall was filled with guests.
11 * But when the king came in to meet the guests he saw a man there not dressed in a wedding garment.
12 He said to him, ‘My friend, how is it that you came in here without a wedding garment?’ But he was reduced to silence.
13 * c Then the king said to his attendants, ‘Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the darkness outside, where there will be wailing and grinding of teeth.’
14 Many are invited, but few are chosen.”

All are invited to the feast! BUT - while all are admitted to the "hall", NOT ALL are seated "at the table". "A wedding garment" is needed, before "the table" is possible.

Furthermore, if the wedding garment was possessed, but soiled and inappropriate, unacceptable for use, it should have been made ready and acceptable before trying to enter the place of the table:

Rev 3:4 However, you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their garments; they will walk with me dressed in white, because they are worthy.
5 “‘“The victor will thus be dressed in white, and I will never erase his name from the book of life but will acknowledge his name in the presence of my Father and of his angels.

and again,

Rev 3:18 I advise you to buy from me gold refined by fire so that you may be rich, and white garments to put on so that your shameful nakedness may not be exposed, and buy ointment to smear on your eyes so that you may see.
19 Those whom I love, I reprove and chastise. Be earnest, therefore, and repent.

and again:

Rev 7:13 Then one of the elders spoke up and said to me, “Who are these wearing white robes, and where did they come from?”
14 I said to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” He said to me, “These are the ones who have survived the time of great distress; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
15 “For this reason they stand before God’s throne and worship him day and night in his temple. The one who sits on the throne will shelter them.
16 They will not hunger or thirst anymore, nor will the sun or any heat strike them.
17 For the Lamb who is in the center of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of life-giving water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

As Jesus put it so simply, to a sinner: "Go, [and] from now on do not sin any more.” (Jn 8:11). This is His call to sinners - not "come on in, have a seat and we will dine together." As Jesus continued to His audience:
“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me (present tense) will not walk in darkness, but will have (future tense) the light of life.” (Jn 8:12)

WarriorAngel · Mar 15, 2023

I understand the Pope to mean that Jesus does not want the invitation avoided to some. But given to all. Howsoever their garments [souls] remain afterwards, due to the invite for all, will be up to them.
For this shows all are given the op.

Matthew 10:
12As you enter the house, greet it. 13And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it, but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you. 14And if anyone will not receive you or listen to your words, shake off the dust from your feet when you leave that house or town. 15Truly, I say to you, it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah than for that town.

Just let em be ... if you tried for naught. ^^^

Jesus asks that no one be excluded from his table, pope says

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