The Dadat the general audience in St. Peter’s Square, he lashes the parish priests again on the length of the homily: no more than eight minutes, he says, or people will fall asleep “and he’s right”. Bergoglio, on the occasion of the catechesis, detaching himself from the text, observed: “The homily it must help transfer the Word of God from book to life. Because of this it must be short. It shouldn’t go beyond eight minutes because after that you lose attention and people fall asleep and they’re right.” Hence the warning to the parish priests: “This I want to tell the priests that they talk a lot and it is not clear what they are talking about. No more than eight minutes! Because the homily must help to transfer the word of God from the book to life”.
“Among the many words of God that we hear every day in Mass or in the Liturgy of the Hours, there is always one intended in particular for us. Welcomed into the heart – he observed – it can brighten our day and enliven our prayer. It’s about not letting it fall into the void! We conclude with a thought that can help us fall in love with the Word of God. Like certain pieces of music, Sacred Scripture also has a background note that accompanies it from beginning to end, and this note is the love of God ”.
The Pontiff then urged the faithful to carry a small pocket Bible with them to read in free moments: “Brothers, sisters, go ahead with reading the Bible, don’t forget the pocket Gospel. Carry it in your bag, on the go. May the Holy Spirit, who inspired the Scriptures and now breathes from the Scriptures, help us to grasp this love of God in the concrete situations of our lives.”
In a closed-door meeting with the parish priests go back to “faggotness”
Yesterday, in the closed-door meeting held today with the middle-aged parish priests, the Pope returned to the concept of “faggotness”. Sources who were present at the meeting reported this to Adnkronos. Bergoglio returned to it of his own free will, using the same colorful term used in the closed-door speech with the Italian bishops, which had caused a storm and which had then led him to apologize through the Vatican. In detail, those who were present at the meeting say that the Pope returned to the topic “with great balance” by saying that a young homosexual “is not prudent for him to enter the seminary”.
