Holy Week: Pope Francis silently presides over a Passion of Christ evoking modern evils

He Pope Francis silently presided over this Good friday the rite for Passion of christ in the basilica of Saint Petera ceremony in which the pain of war, immigration or violence against women was evoked.

Francisco He entered the temple in the wheelchair he usually usestheir known mobility problems, dressed in red robes Passion and without him Fisherman’s ringsymbol of papal power and that on this day the popes take off as a sign of mourning.

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After entering the basilica, without choirs, he prayed in silence before the Altar of Confession, in the tomb of Saint Peter, in front of a crucifix covered by a purple cloth (this year the canopy of Bernini It was covered by scaffolding for its restoration).

O Liturgy of Good Friday is marked by mourning for him martyrdom and crucifixion of Christ and, therefore, it is the only day of the year on which mass is not celebrated, although communion is given

Then, three deacons chanted the passages from the Passion of christ according to Saint John, from the arrest of Jesus of Nazareth until his death by crucifixion and his burial in the Tomb.

Afterwards, the preacher Pontifical Housethe cardinal Raniero Cantalamessamade a deep reflection on the strength of Jesus’ gesture, who, he said, “reduced to the most radical helplessness on the cross, continues to love and forgive, without ever condemning”.

“What a lesson for us who, more or less consciously, always want to shine! What a lesson especially for the mighty of the earth! For those among them who don’t even remotely think of service, but only of power for power’s sake.”criticized the cappuccino.

Cantalamessa He recalled that Jesus continues to address modern man, to “old, sick and alone“, whom “the world leaves to die in poverty, hunger, under bombs or at sea”, whom “languish in a cell”for their faith or to women “victims of violence”.

He also criticized the past idea of ​​the triumph of Catholic church.

“In the past we often spoke of the ‘triumph of Holy Church‘. They prayed for it, and its historical reasons were readily remembered. But what kind of triumph was in mind? Today we realize how different this type of triumph was from that of Jesus. But let’s not judge the past. There is always a risk of being unfair when we judge the past with the mindset of the present.“, he said.

The rite was followed by 4,500 faithful in the central nave of the temple and by numerous prelates of the Roman Curiadozens of cardinals and bishops.

Tonight, the Pope Francis plans to preside for another year over the traditional Way of the Cross, a representation of Jesus’ journey to the Cross, starting at 9:15 pm local time (8:15 pm GMT) on Roman Coliseumsymbol of the persecution of the first Christians.

For the occasion he wrote for the first time the meditations that are read in each season of the Way of the Cross and in which he describes a world where “the madness of war” reigns, “violence against women” and in what “one keyboard is enough to write sentences.”

Source: Elcomercio

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