Pope Francis: Jesus reveals himself as King on the Cross
November 23, 2015
Reflecting on the conversation between Pilate and Jesus in the day’s Gospel reading (Jn. 18:33-37), Pope Francis contrasted worldly kingship and Christ’s kingship in his November 22 Angelus address.
“We have here a contraposition of two types of logic,” the Pope told the crowds gathered in St. Peter’s Square. “The worldly logic bases itself on ambition, competition, combat with the weapons of fear, of bribery, of the manipulation of consciences. On the other hand, the logic of the Gospel, that is, the logic of Jesus, is expressed in humility and gratitude. It is affirmed silently but effectively with the force of truth.”
“Jesus has revealed himself as a king,” the Pope added. “When? In the event of the cross. One who looks at the cross cannot help but see the surprising gratuitousness of love. But someone could say, ‘But Father, that was a failure!’ It is precisely in the failure of sin that sin is a failure. In the failure of human ambitions, there is the triumph of the cross, there is the gratuitousness of love.”
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Further information:
- Angelus Domini 2015.11.22 (YouTube Vatican)
- Le parole del Papa alla recita dell’Angelus, 22.11.2015 (Holy See Press
- ANGELUS ADDRESS: On Jesus as King (Zenit)
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