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John 14:6  

Jesus saith to him: I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No man cometh to the Father, but by me.

Matthew 16:24  

Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.

Second Epistle Of Saint Paul To The Corinthians
Chapter 6

[14] Bear not the yoke with unbelievers. For what participation hath justice with injustice? Or what fellowship hath light with darkness?[fn. 5] 
[15] And what concord hath Christ with Belial? Or what part hath the faithful with the unbeliever?

[16] And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? For you are the temple of the living God; as God saith: I will dwell in them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 
[17]Wherefore, Go out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing: 
[18]And I will receive you; and I will be a Father to you; and you shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.

 [fn. 5]  CCD Catholic Bible 1962: 5-Ver. 14 Bear the yoke: the reference is to marriage, though the principle has application to all relations of Christians and pagans.

WE are not to ever combine pagan religions with the true faith which is in Our Only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

Vatican Radio - Pope Francis: Mass pro Ecclesia

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Pope Francis: Mass pro Ecclesia

(Vatican Radio) The newly-elected Pope Francis celebrated Mass with the College of Cardinals on Thursday, in the Sistine Chapel. As the clock struck 5 in the afternoon, the choir in the Sistine began to intone the Tu es Petrus, and the new Bishop of Rome processed into the chapel, preceded by the College that the evening before elected him Peter’s Successor. The first reading was from the Book of the Prophet, Isaiah: “And in the last days the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be prepared on the top of mountains, and it shall be exalted above the hills, and all nations shall flow unto it.”Listen:  

The Responsorial Psalm was taken from Psalm 97: “Let us sing to the LORD a new song”. The Second Reading was from the 1^stLetter of St Peter: “you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation.” The Gospel reading was from St Matthew: “You are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.” In his Homily, Pope Francis noted the common theme of movement that ties the three readings together: moving forward, building, professing.

“We walk in the light of the Lord,” said Pope Francis. “Our lives are a journey – when we stop, there is something wrong.” He went on to say that, in our task of building up the Church, Christ is and must be for us the cornerstone. Pope Francis then spoke of the fundamental need to proclaim Christ crucified, saying that, if we walk without the Cross, if we build without the Cross, if we proclaim Christ without the Cross, then we are not disciples of Jesus.

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And see: The Justice of God: Traditional Catholic Prayers: Vatican Radio - Pope Francis: Mass pro Ecclesia: Pope Francis: 1st homily (full text)

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