Francis asked priests to be "the image of the poor and the oppressed" | Chronic

Pope Francisco asked on Thursday for priests who are "image of the poor and the oppressed"during the initiation to the Vatican celebrations of Holy Week. "Luke highlights four great groups who are the privileged recipients of the Lord's anointing: the poor, the prisoners of war, the blind, the oppressed"said the pontiff during the Chrism Mbad.

As part of the celebration of Holy Thursday in St. Peter's Basilica, Jorge Bergoglio He specified his preference for the recipients: "Coming to us, dear brothers priests, we must not forget that our evangelical models are these people, this crowd with these concrete faces, to which the Lord's anointing strengthens and vivifies"

"These are the ones who complete and achieve the anointing of the Spirit in us, who have been anointed to anoint", he told the 50 cardinals and the 70 bishops who accompanied him, out of a total of 1800 priests

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In addition, the bishop of Rome said: "We were caught among them and without fear, we can identify with these simple people, they are the image of our soul and the image of the Church". With this ceremony, which marks for Catholics the beginning of the paschal triduum that commemorates the pbadion, death and resurrection of Christ, the pope affirmed that "everyone embodies the unique heart of our people. "

"We priests are poor and would like to have the heart of the poor widow when we give alms and we touch the hand of the beggar and look into the eyes ", said Bergoglio in a message directed inside the Roman Curia.

During his homily, he took the opportunity to reiterate his criticisms "clericalism ", that he told a biblical episode in which the disciples sought "want to ensure food and comfort, disregarding the people ".

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Francis completed the homily by calling for the conversion of his priests, who encouraged them to "rally to the faith and love of our people". "He who learns to anoint and bless is cured of littleness, abuse and cruelty" he summoned them.

This Thursday, the Pope will celebrate the rite of foot washing in a prison of 17 of 17 local (including 12 in Argentina), and will lead tomorrow the traditional Via Crucis in the Roman Colosseum with a message focused on the complaint of trafficking in human beings at 21 in the Italian capital.