https://zenit.org/2013/03/14/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/ The World Seen From Rome Sat, 04 Mar 2017 06:45:51 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 https://zenit.org/2013/03/14/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-234 Sat, 04 Mar 2017 06:45:51 +0000 https://zenit.org/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-234 […] Feb. 13, 2013, days before becoming pope, he used a quote from St. John Chrysostom in his Ash Wednesday homily which says: “No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, […]

]]> https://zenit.org/2013/03/14/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-233 Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:59:48 +0000 https://zenit.org/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-233 […] often quotes John Chrysostom: “No act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So no matter […]

]]> https://zenit.org/2013/03/14/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-232 Tue, 01 Mar 2016 09:50:13 +0000 https://zenit.org/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-232 […] Message for Buenos Aires, a month before he was elected as the bishop of Rome, (you can read it here) and the sketch and then the poem came from […]

]]> https://zenit.org/2013/03/14/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-231 Sat, 13 Feb 2016 02:00:42 +0000 https://zenit.org/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-231 […] “recommend” that you fast from something that isn’t bodily. He warns against overly formal fasts that serve only to leave us self satisfied, while our selfishness and ignorance of the poor grow. He argues that fasting only makes sense if […]

]]> https://zenit.org/2013/03/14/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-230 Fri, 12 Feb 2016 09:57:02 +0000 https://zenit.org/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-230 […] “recommend” that you fast from something that isn’t bodily. He warns against overly formal fasts that serve only to leave us self satisfied, while our selfishness and ignorance of the poor grow. He argues that fasting only makes sense if […]

]]> https://zenit.org/2013/03/14/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-229 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 16:21:50 +0000 https://zenit.org/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-229 […] In this Year of Mercy declared by Pope Francis, how will we live out this radical belonging of which we are reminded today?  Who are those who are most alone, most in need of solidarity and of liberation?  To what end are we fasting and sighing and how does it translate into good for others and justice to the oppressed?  For as St. John Chrysostom reminds us: “no act of virtue can be great if it is not followed by advantage for others. So, no matter how much … […]

]]> https://zenit.org/2013/03/14/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-228 Wed, 10 Feb 2016 12:00:18 +0000 https://zenit.org/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/#comment-228 […] [2] You can read then-Cardinal Bergoglio’s letter in full here: https://zenit.org/articles/cardinal-bergoglio-s-lenten-message-for-buenos-aires/ […]

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