Church or Jesus

Pope Francis to a crowd of 33,000 in Rome, 7 years ago:

There is no “do-it-yourself” in the church, no “freelancers”.  How many times did we hear Pope Benedict describe the church as a “we” church.  
Sometimes you may hear someone say “I believe in God, in Jesus, but but the church…..I don’t care.  How many times have we heard this? This is wrong.
There are those who believe you you can have a personal, direct and immediate relationship with Jesus Christ, outside of the communion and mediation of the church. These temptations are are dangerous and harmful. They are in the words of the great Pope  Paul VI,  “absurd dichotomies”.
It’s true that journeying together is challenging and sometimes it an be tiring: it may be that some brother or sister (In the church) makes us face a problem, or vandalizes us.  But the Lord entrusted his message of salvation to humans, all of us, as witnesses; and in our brothers and sisters, with their gifts and limits, who come to us and make themselves known.  This means belong to the church.  
Remember: being a christian means belonging to the church. First name: Christian. Last name: Church member.  

Pope Benedict

Is this the message that Jesus left us?  

I am the way the truth and the life.  
No one comes to the Father except by Me.  Jesus

There is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.  Jesus

For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus.  Jesus.  

Do I really need to go on?  The church is believers.  They are “Bride of Christ.”  To learn more about the Bride, the Church, come to Preppers this Thursday, 4/24/2026 at 10:30 AM, Freedom’s Light Church or listen on line.  Pope Benedict didn’t know and he didn’t have a personal relationship with the risen Lord. Do you?

Blessings