Mentioning the “two rules” of loving God and of loving neighbor “because he is your brother . . .,” Pope Francis then acknowledges that, yes, “We are kind of… permit me to say, separated.” He goes on to say, “Separated because, it’s sin that has separated us, all our sins. The misunderstandings throughout history. It has been a long road of sins that we all shared in. Who is to blame? We all share the blame. We have all sinned.”
He then calls to mind the “embrace” among Jacob’s sons that took place in Egypt after the hungry clan discovered the brother they had sold into slavery was there with them again. “We have to encounter one another as brothers. We must cry together like Joseph did. These tears will unite us. The tears of love,” he said.
Concluding his words, he tells the audience of Pentecostal Christians, “From brother to brother, I embrace you.”
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