The Pope belittles the Sacrament of Baptism

Rather the Catechism of the Council of Trent teaches:

If, then, pastors explain these truths accurately, there can be no doubt that the faithful will recognize the high dignity of this Sacrament and venerate it with the most profound piety, particularly when they reflect that each of them receives in Baptism by the interior operation of the Holy Ghost the same glorious and most ample gifts which were so strikingly manifested by miracles at the Baptism of Christ the Lord.

Were our eyes, like those of the servant of Eliseus, opened to see heavenly things, who can be supposed so senseless as not to be lost in rapturous admiration of the divine mysteries of Baptism! When, therefore, the riches of this Sacrament are unfolded to the faithful by the pastor, so as to enable them to behold them, if not with the eyes of the body, yet with those of the soul illumined by the light of faith, may we not anticipate similar results?



Just as a man cannot live in the flesh unless he is born in the flesh, even so a man cannot have the spiritual life of grace unless he is born again spiritually. This regeneration is effected by Baptism: "Unless a man is born again of water and the Holy Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God" (Jn 3:5)

Saint Thomas Aquinas

Baptism is the regeneration from the soul-destroying and baleful effects of original sin.   Talking about equality here is utter nonsense which may make the Pope look good but is utterly removed from the Truth.  There is a salvific urgency to get Baptised


 

Comments

Duns38 said…
I like many others don't undrstand Pope Francis. I believe his leftist attitude fostered by many n the South American clergy and intellectuals, and the Jesuits thinks everyone who abides by Christ's Church, the Church's doctrines, dogmas, sacrements is an elitist - superior minded "look at me, how holier than thou I am" attitude.
Too many on the left including the Pope, I believe are projecting their own preducices on the rest if us.
He is a weak Pope and I pray for him (he is in dire need of our prayers ). He needs more direct divine guidance from God,Christ, and the Holy Ghost.