This pope never fails to boggle the mind.
Speaking to a French organization called “Leaders for Peace,” Pope Francis asked the members of the group “not to forget to pray” for him, but he added that “if someone does not pray because he does not know how or cannot, at least send me ‘good vibes.’”
What the actual hell is he talking about?
Good vibes? Seriously?
What does that even mean? Truly. What does it actually mean?
It’s just New Age psychobabble garbage.
How does that kind of statement bring people closer to knowing, understanding, or following Jesus? It doesn’t. In fact, it just confuses people as to what the Church actually believes.
Here’s the thing. Man has no capability of “sending good vibes” to anyone. We can pray to God. We can ask the saints to pray for us. But we ourselves can not just send vibes out to others.
The belief that we can manifest our own thoughts into reality just by will would make us as gods. That seems like a dangerous thought for Christians.
I don’t know if the pope is confused or just speaking without thinking or intentionally attempting to mislead people. I actually don’t know, which is very sad to say.
December 9, 2022 at 11:16 am
…changing the usage and meanings of words…replacing other words and expressions…remind me again, what Orwell said about that.
December 9, 2022 at 11:38 am
My guess is that he wants to fit in with the culture, rather than be countercultural. And this coming from the Vicar of Christ?
December 9, 2022 at 12:43 pm
But V1 declared popes infallible and the Gallicans as heretics so nothing you can do. Only Gallicanism can say the pope is wrong. With V1 declaring “if you ain’t Ultramontanist you ain’t Catholic” you’re just stuck.
December 9, 2022 at 5:30 pm
Actually, “They Cheated”, no… not everything a pope says is infallible.
The pope only speaks “infallibly” when he’s speaking officially “ex cathedra” (“from the chair”, and in communion with the full college of bishops) to the church as a whole on issues of faith and morals. In the last 200 years that has only been done twice.
For biblical and historical reference on this 2000-year-old doctrine:
John 21:15–17
Luke 22:32
Matthew 16:18
Matt. 28:19–20
John 16:13
Matt. 16:18
1 Tim. 3:15
December 9, 2022 at 10:43 pm
I am sensing some bad vibes from this whole business.