Pope's Mass: Do I allow demons in my heart?

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10/10/2014
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During his daily morning Mass, Pope Francis talked about the examination of conscience. He explained that the devil is never tired of tempting, and so Christians must examine themselves at the end of day.

POPE FRANCIS
'â??What happened today in my heart? Did anyone I donâ??t know enter? Is the key in its place?â?? This will help us to defend ourselves from so much wickedness, even from that which we could do if these demons, who are very clever and at the end would cheat all of us, even if they enter.â?

Pope Francis asked Christians to check if their hearts looks like a public square full of noise or a quiet place of encounter with Christ.

EXCERPTS OF THE POPE'S HOMILY
(Source: Vatican Radio)

'After the temptations, in the desert, when Jesus was tempted by the devil, in Lukeâ??s version it says that the devil left Him for a time, but during the life of Jesus he returned again and again: when they put Him to the test, when they tried to trap Him, in the Passion, finally on the Cross. â??But if you are the Son of Godâ?¦ but you come, you come from us, so we cannot believe.â?? And we all know that these words touch the heart: â??But can you do it? Let me see! No, you canâ??t.â?? Thatâ??s how the devil even to the end [dealt] with Jesusâ?¦ and likewise with us.â?

'And Jesus says something else here â?? doesnâ??t He? â?? that sounds a little strange: â??He who does not gather with me scatters.â?? He uses the word â??to gather.â?? To have a gathering heart, a heart in which we know what happens, and here and there you can perform a practice as old as the Church, but good: the examination of conscience. Who of us, at night, at the end of the day, remains by himself, by herself, and asks the question: what happened today in my heart? What happened? What things have passed through my heart? If we donâ??t do this, we have truly failed to know how to watch and guard [our hearts] well.â?

'We know â?? Jesus says clearly â?? that the devil always returns. Even at the end of life, He, Jesus, gives us an example of this. And to guard, to watch, so that the demons donâ??t enter in, we must be able to gather ourselves, that is, to stand in silence before ourselves and before God, and at the end of the day ask ourselves: â??What happened today in my heart? Did anyone I donâ??t know enter? Is the key in its place?â?? And this will help us to defend ourselves from so much wickedness, even from that which we could do if these demons, who are very clever and at the end would cheat all of us, even if they enter.â? 

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