Before the faithful gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis reflected on the day's Gospel reading, in which Jesus says he came to bring fire to the earth. <\/p>\n
The Pope said that just as fire changes the state of things, faith in Christ cannot leave one's life the same as before. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS He went on to explain that faith is not something which pacifies life and makes it easier, but rather that it calls individuals to action. <\/p>\n POPE FRANCIS Pope Francis then recommended developing a passion for the Gospel to respond to this faith by carrying it around and reading it often.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n JM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" August 16, 2022. The Pope said that just as fire changes the state of things, faith in Christ cannot leave one's life the same as before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":9400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OtyWARDRSWo","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangelus0814eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bangelus0814int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43591"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>The Gospel does not leave things as they are; when the Gospel passes, and is listened to and received, things do not stay as they are. The Gospel provokes change and invites conversion.<\/em><\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Faith is not a \u201clullaby\u201d that lulls us to sleep. True faith is a fire, a living flame to keep us wakeful and active even at night!<\/em><\/p>\n