The congregation to which the current Pope affiliates preaches a modest way of living. There were popes and cardinals in the Catholic history who although have not preached luxury, however, they lived a life that even the current Armenian oligarchs would envy them.
The Catholic Patriarch recently visiting Armenian once said that the church should, first of all, serve the poor, weak, sick, elderly people and those who have physical and mental problems. I think that it is not a view derived from any congregation or any Christian direction, it is a principle that derives from the gospel truths. I do not know, maybe I am mistaken, I am not a theologist.
Instead, it is evident that the current Holy See serves the rich, “good guys,” their “church-building” ambitions, as they – the senior clerics – are from the category of this “good guys.” And our secular and spiritual “chiefs” perhaps are laughing in the mind at Pope Francis. It is not excluded that the majority of Catholic cardinals treat in the same way.
But now, I would like to talk not about clergymen and not so much about everyday life but about US. Are we modes? Are we not arrogant? Sometimes we can hear, “Let the “elite” think, we are normal people.” I do not agree, I personally do not think of myself to be so perfect for not to learn anything from the Pope. And am I ready to approach to people in wheelchairs with love and sincerity (not for demonstrating something), general to people who do not fit into my “intellectual standards”? Do I listen patiently when people “catch” me in the street and begin to talk about their difficulties, or on hearing to think, “again the same complaints and “self-pity”? Am I too open-minded not to be upset and respond when rude words are said or written about me?
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Surely, there are people who have reached a higher score of self-consciousness and intelligence, and they are asked more complex questions than me. But in all cases, it is not that there is a group of “we” are good and live righteously, and another group of “they” are wrong people, “we” are kind and full of compassion and forgiveness, while “they” ruin “our” created paradise.
Eventually, the problem lies in the following way: Do people have principles or not? What is the man ready to give up for the sake of those principles? If for example, I think that a man must be respected irrespective of his social status, physical or mental feature, then I need to be ready to sacrifice my time and nerves to listen to all people attentively and compassionately. And if I regret rendering my psychic powers to these people, then, in this case, most likely, I would convince myself that I am good of them in something.
ARAM ABRAHAMYAN
