People’s Pope

 

MANY view the arrival of Pope Francis here as a sign of hope for the Filipino’s salvation from sufferings caused by nature and by man.

Many of us have been led to inner contemplation hoping to see God’s guidance and answers to their supplications through His Holiness who braved threats to his security to be here with us. Still for some of us, we look forward to some form of miracle to save us from whatever complications in life we have.

What most, however, still don’t seem to realize is that the message (and the miracle) we continue to wait for has already been delivered right before everyone’s eyes – Mercy and Compassion. Pope Francis has captured in these words what ails us and our country, and where we can find solutions to our individual and collective ills.

Mercy and Compassion as the Pope wants us to imbibe in our daily lives is to care for people who have less in life, make sure they are not deprived of what is due them, that nobody steals their dreams from them, that they are afforded opportunities to live a decent life as human beings.

He is the People’s Pope, no doubt.

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Man of God

 

FROM janitor to nightclub bouncer in Buenos Aires.  That’s what Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina was before he became from priest to pope.  As head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, here from Jan. 16 to Jan. 19, is more than Jesus Christ’s chief messenger to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics.

His is the story of God’s already:  From the dregs of the earth to the Vicar of Christ.

That he abhors opulence of any kind is Godly.  For example, at the start of his priestly vows, he commutes, preferring public conveyances over any assigned private vehicle for him.  To this day, he cooks his own food whenever he can.

In South Korea recently, he skipped the Kia popemobile to ride in another vehicle bereft of amenities like bullet-proof.

He is head of the Vatican state, but he prefers dining with simple folk over dignitaries.

Indeed, if there’s one single religious leader worthy of his calling, Pope Francis, 78, fits the bill to a T.  Truly, he is Man of God.

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