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What Pope Francis meant by Jesus’ “failure of the cross”
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 21:14
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Pope Francis’ words at St. Patrick’s Cathedral have stirred up controversy as to the success or failure of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross.
“The cross shows us a different way of measuring success. Ours is to plant the seeds. God sees to the fruits of our labors. And if at times our efforts and works seem to fail and not produce fruit, we need to remember that we are followers of Jesus Christ and his life, humanly speaking, ended in failure, the failure of the cross.”
Though certainly the pope was suggesting the distinction between spiritual success and worldly or physical success, saying that “humanly speaking,” Jesus’s life ended in failure, “the failure of the cross,” has generated considerable uproar.
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