After recounting the parable, Jesus addresses the Doctor of the Law again, who had asked Him “Who is my neighbour?” And He says to him: “Which of these three, do you think, proved neighbour to the man who fell among the robbers?” (v. 36). In this way, He brings about a reversal in regard to His interlocutor’s question, and also to the logic of us all. He makes us understand that it’s not we that, on the basis of our criteria, define who is and who is not our neighbour, but it’s the person in a situation of need who must be able to recognize who is his neighbour, namely, “the one who showed mercy on him” (v. 37). This conclusion indicates that mercy, in confronting a human life in a state of necessity, is the true face of love. It is thus that we become true disciples of Jesus and that the face of the Father is manifested: “Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). It is thus that the commandment of the love of God and of our neighbour becomes a unique and coherent rule of life.
First of all, none of the Lord's commandants is the equivalent to any "unique and coherent rule of life." Commandments are commandants. They have not become "rules of life."
Then Bergoglio judged Christ, and described "the commandment of the love of God and of our neighbour" as "unique" as if Christ's words needed to be evaluated as "unique."
What is worse is that Bergoglio had put forth an innuendo implying that Christ might be "incoherent" by using the word "coherent" to describe "the commandment of the love of God and of our neighbour."
Furthermore, Bergoglio quoted the Lord's words selectively, "'Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful.'" By doing so, he had misrepresented by intentional omission. Bergoglio's artfully chosen quote are preceded by the following words, quoted without paragraph numbers [2]:
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.
and followed by these, quoted without paragraph numbers [3]:
“Do not judge, and you will not be judged. Do not condemn, and you will not be condemned. Forgive, and you will be forgiven. Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”
Bergoglio omitted all these words of the Lord to draw his own conclusion to protect himself, not to enlighten and bring his flock closer to God. By leaving out what preceded and what followed, Bergoglio did not need to explain why he has ignored Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò who criticized him and who had once suggested that he resign his papacy. Where is Bergoglio's mercy with respect to Viganò?
Also one cannot forget Matthew Festing, former Grand Master of the Knights of Malta who had upset Bergoglio when "Festing had dismissed the order's Grand Chancellor, Albrecht, Baron von Boeselager, for allowing the distribution of condoms in a medical project for the poor." [4] [Quoted without hyperlinks.] As a result, Festing resigned under pressure from Bergoglio's Vatican. Where was Bergoglio's mercy with respect to Festing?
Bergoglio preaches mercy over and over to a tedium, but he is one who is often merciless when it comes to his enemies. He does not love his enemies. He crucifies them metaphorically by exercising his papal powers.
These words may one day be ringing in Bergoglio's ears for an eternity: "'For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.'" [5] May God pardon the hypocrite Bergoglio and save him from the fires of Hell. He could very well be one of the many who is in most need to God's mercy.
[1] https://zenit.org/articles/popes-angelus-address-on-the-parable-of-the-good-samaritan-full-text/
[2] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A32-38&version=NIV
[3] Ibid.
[4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Festing
[5] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+6%3A32-38&version=NIV
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