Paven er “servus servorum Dei”
Jeg leste i dag tidlig på www.zenit.org om onsdagsaudiensen i Vatikanet i går. Pave Benedikt hadde som tema pave Gregor den store, som var stor fordi han var ydmyk – han var alltid i sitt eget hjerte en enkel munk.
Benedict XVI recalled that the expression «servus servorum Dei» (Servant of the servants of God) was coined by Gregory, not as a «pious formula in his mouth, but the true manifestation of his way of living and acting.»
«He was profoundly impressed by the humility of God,» commented the Pontiff, «who in Christ made himself our slave; he washed and washes our dirty feet.»
The Pope said Gregory was convinced that a bishop «must imitate this humility of God and, for love of God, be able to make himself the servant of all in a time full of tribulations and sufferings, to make himself the ‘servant of the servants.'»
«Precisely because he was this,» added the Holy Father, «he is great and shows us also the measure of true greatness.»
Before briefly considering St. Gregory’s «rich teaching,» Benedict XVI noted that Gregory «never seems concerned to delineate ‘his’ doctrine, his originality. Instead, he seeks to echo the traditional teaching of the Church, he wishes simply to be the mouth of Christ and of his Church on the way that must be followed to reach God.»
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