During his homily at Mass at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on God's faithfulness. He explained that \u201cour faithfulness is nothing more than a response to the faithfulness of God,\u201d and that \u201cGod is faithful to His word.\u201d<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> He also said \u201cGod's faithfulness always precedes us,\u201d and that \u201cour faithfulness is always the response to that faithfulness which precedes us.\u201d<\/p>\n SUMMARY OF POPE'S HOMILY<\/p>\n (Source: Vatican Homily)<\/p>\n Pope Francis recalled his reflection the day before on St Mary Magdalene as the \u201cicon of fidelity\u201d in the Gospel, Pope Francis on Wednesday asked what it means for us to be faithful to God. Our fidelity to God, he said, \u201cis nothing more than a response to God\u2019s fidelity.\u201d<\/p>\n God is \u201cfaithful to his word\u2026 faithful to his promise.\u201d He \u201cwalks with his people, carrying out His promise close to his people.\u201d We constantly experience God as Saviour, the pope said, because \u201cHe is faithful to His promise.\u201d<\/p>\n In the first reading, a man crippled from birth was healed in the name of Jesus. Pope Francis said this is an example of God\u2019s fidelity, \u201cwho is capable of redoing things, of re-creating\u2026 this is His faithfulness to us: a re-creation that is more wonderful than creation.\u201d<\/p>\n Like a good shepherd, God never tires of seeking the sheep that is lost, the Pope said. He does so \u201cout of love, out of fidelity;\u201d and not for pay, but freely, gratuitously. God is like a father who never grows tired of waiting for his son to return home \u2013 and who throws a party when he does. \u201cGod\u2019s faithfulness is a feast, a free feast, a feast for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n It is that divine faithfulness that led our \u201cgenerous God\u201d to seek after Peter, who had denied Jesus during His Passion. Pope Francis explained that although we do not know what the Lord said to Peter when He appeared to him for the first time after the Resurrection, \u201cWe know that it was God\u2019s faithfulness that sought Peter out.\u201d<\/p>\n As with Peter, God\u2019s faithfulness always precedes our own, \u201cand our faithfulness is always a response to that faithfulness that precedes us.\u201d<\/p>\n For us, Pope Francis said in conclusion, \u201cto be faithful is to praise this fidelity, to be faithful to [God\u2019s] fidelity. It is a response to this fidelity.\u201d<\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi<\/p>\n Translation: Claudia Torres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" APRIL !5, 2020. In his daily homily, he said, \u201cOur faithfulness is always the answer to that faithfulness which precedes us.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Or-KufEj478","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsantamartahomilia1504eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bsantamartahomilia1504int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46750"}],"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=46750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFaithfulness is that father who is capable of going up to the terrace many times to see if his son is coming back, and who doesn't get tired of doing this. He waits for him to celebrate. God's faithfulness is a feast. It is joy. It is a joy that makes us do what this paralyzed man did. He went into the temple, walking, jumping, praising God.<\/em><\/p>\n