tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post5933169331599064100..comments2024-01-22T01:52:37.473-06:00Comments on RENEGADE TRADS: Good ThingsA Sinnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05083094677310915678noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4213316015209503694.post-58128338363181557112013-04-08T08:28:45.070-05:002013-04-08T08:28:45.070-05:00Well no. Jesus didn't have to say that he was ...Well no. Jesus didn't have to say that he was in charge because, well, he was Jesus. But the Pope isn't Jesus: he is the one who is charged by Jesus not only to tend to his sheep but to bind and loose as well. <br />The charge which he is to discharge is not founded on himself, nor on any personal qualities of his own; the charge is not his to gain by power of personality, nor his to lose because failure to project so much political imagery of power obliges him to verbally remind those who rate such imagery that he is the one who is in fact in charge.<br />This Pope needs to remember that he is now called upon not just to serve his inner Christ, but the Christ who is in Heaven too. And we need to remember that he is not merely Bishop of Rome but Pope too. Bridgetnoreply@blogger.com