COMMENTARY OF POPE FRANCIS ON THE BEAUTY OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP PUTTING GOD AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING

COMMENTARY OF POPE FRANCIS

ON THE BEAUTY OF ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN WORSHIP

PUTTING GOD AT THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING

“The Orthodox Churches have preserved the liturgy which is so beautiful. We’ve lost sight slightly of the meaning of worship.  They worship God and they sing about it; time is immaterial to them.  The Orthodox Church preserves the beauty of God being at the center of everything.  When you read Dostoevsky you can really feel the Russian and Oriental spirit.  We are deeply in need of this breath of fresh air, this light of the East.”

POPE FRANCIS

Dear People,

This is vindication of the great treasure the Eastern Orthodox Church has pressured in our worship services.  We should share this news with our cradle Orthodox Christians who are abandoning their precious Orthodox way of life.  The spirit of consumerism is impacting our relationship with God. When the leader of Roman Catholicism admits this, then we should sit up and take notice.

+Fr. Constantine J. Simones