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THE BERNARDIAN St. Bernard's High School ; Fitchburg, Massachusetts
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The Church looks at the world... with a sincere intention not of conquering it, but of serving it; not of destroying it, but of appreciating it; not of condemning it, but of strengthening it. Pope Paul at the opening session of Vatician Council II. Pope Paul VI i a Pope Paul VI has the distinction of being the first pope to leave Italy in one hundred fifty years and the first pope to travel by plane. He is also the first Vicar of Christ, since the apostle, St. Peter, to walk the green hills of the Holy Land. What was the purpose of such an unusual and unprecedented pilgrimage of a pope to Palestine? The principal purpose was to heal the nine hundred year old breach between the Eastern Orthodox and the Roman Catholic church. Furthermore, Pope Paul was striving to maintain the impetus toward worldwide Christian unity begun by his predecessor, Pope John XXIII. Pope Paul had not come to conquer but to pray, to pray for the unity of a long divided Church. At the Mount of Olives, Pope Paul and Patriarch Athenagoras, head of the Orthodox church, embraced and exchanged a kiss of peace. They met fittingly in the land made holy by the Christ, loved by both in spite of their many differences, and inspired by His sentiments that all may be one in spirit and with one mouth glorify God. Officially the break dates back to 1054. But practically it began at the beginning of the Fourth century when the Roman Empire was divided into two units, one in the West governed from Rome, and the other in the East governed from Constantinople. In e ach, as the Roman Empire broke up, the churches went their separate ways. Pope Paul followed in the footsteps of Christ along the Via Dolorosa when he visited Jerusalem. But the crowds were so thick and so excited that he could not stop and pray at all the fourteen stations of the Cross. He celebrated Mass atthe Church of the Holy Sepulcher where Jesus was buried in a tomb “hewn out in the rock.’ In the garden of Gethsemane, outside of Jerusalem’s wall, Pope Paul prayed before the rock where Jesus prayed in His agony-- “Mv Father, if this cup cannot pass away unless I drink it, Thy will be done.’ On his way to the top of Mount Tabor, Pope Paul steps out ot his car to view the lovely land. It was here on Tabor that Christ had revealed himselt to Peter, James, and John--‘‘and was transfigured before them. And his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as snow.” On a rock by the river Jordan, Pope Paul lifted his hands to bless the swirling waters. The rock on which the Pope stood is near the spot where Christ was baptized by John the Baptist and where “the heavens were opened, and he saw the spirit of God descending as a dove and coming upon him. And behold, a voice from the heavens said, ‘This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.’” In the town of Nazareth, where “the Child grew and became strong...full of wisdom and the grace of God was upon Him,” Pope Paul remained two hours, the longest of any of his Holy Land visits. Outside the ruins of the synagogue of Capharnaum where Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,” Pope Paul walked with the Greek Orthodox Archbishop. Beside the sea of Galilee, Pope Paul blessed the crowd pressing about him. On these shores Christ called Peter, James, and John to be his apostles. And near the spot where the Pope stood, Christ named Peter to be His successor--“Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” FITCHBURG PUBLIC LIBRARY
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