{"id":45707,"date":"2021-01-27T13:02:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2021\/01\/27\/pope-francis-the-bible-should-not-be-read-like-a-novel\/"},"modified":"2021-01-27T13:02:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-27T12:02:00","slug":"pope-francis-the-bible-should-not-be-read-like-a-novel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2021\/01\/27\/pope-francis-the-bible-should-not-be-read-like-a-novel\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: The Bible should not be read like a novel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis explained that the Bible is a source from which every Christian can benefit greatly.  For this reason, he recommended meditating on it often and diligently.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Word of God, filled with the Holy Spirit, and when received with an open heart, it never leaves things as they were before. It never does. Something changes.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Pope Francis advised Christians to live the 'Lectio Divina.' This practice began in a monastic environment but is now practiced by many laypeople. He explained what this prayer method on Sacred Scripture consists of.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Always being adherent to the text, I begin to ask myself what it says to me. This is a delicate step. One must not fall into subjective interpretations. The Bible should not be read like a novel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The last step is contemplation, where, as a result of meditation on the text, sincere dialogue with God is born, and strength is drawn from it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>POPE FRANCIS<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>The Word inspires good intentions and sustains action. It gives us strength and serenity, and even when it puts us in crisis, it gives us peace.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It seems that Pope Francis has recovered from a sciatica that prevented him from presiding over several ceremonies on Sunday and Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This Tuesday, he attended the funeral of his personal physician, who died from COVID-19. The ceremony was held inside the Vatican.<\/p>\n<p>Javier Romero<\/p>\n<p>Translation: Christian Campos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 27, 2021. He recommended meditating on the Bible in order to apply it to one's own life, but without falling into \"subjective interpretations.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":15068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/URFoCddnB_g","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza2701eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/budienza2701int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45707"}],"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=45707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45707\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}