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Pope Francis: Jesus frees us from the "bands of pride" Let us free ourselves from the "bands" of pride. "Christ is not resigned to the sepulchres that we have constructed with our choices of evil and …More
Pope Francis: Jesus frees us from the "bands of pride"

Let us free ourselves from the "bands" of pride. "Christ is not resigned to the sepulchres that we have constructed with our choices of evil and death, with our mistakes, with our sins. He is not resigned to this! He invites us, almost orders us, to come out from the tombs into which our sins have plunged us." Those were the words of Pope Francis, speaking ahead of the weekly recitation of the Angelus. The Pope was commenting on the Gospel for the fifth Sunday of Lent, which relates the story of the resurrection of Lazarus. Jesus's words, "Come forth," addressed to His friend Lazarus, are also "addressed to every human person, because we are all marked by death, all of us; it is the voice of One Who i ...