During his homily at Casa Santa Marta Pope Francis said \u201cdiscipleship is a Christian's true identity.\u201d<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> He explained that this is the path to freedom and life that Jesus reveals. He said discipleship is the anointing given to those who remain in the Lord.<\/p>\n SUMMARY OF POPE'S HOMILY<\/p>\n (Source: Vatican News)<\/p>\n In his homily, the pope focused on the struggle between Jesus and the Doctors of the Law over His identity. Jesus, he said, ultimately backs them into a corner, and they resort to insults and blasphemy.<\/p>\n For those who believe in Him, Jesus says, \u201cIf you remain in my Word you will indeed be my disciples\u201d (Jn 8:31). The word \u201cremain\u201d is an important one. Jesus repeats it often, including at the Last Supper. Pope Francis noted that the Lord does not emphasize studying and learning. Jesus takes that for granted. Instead, the pope said the most important thing is \u201cremaining\u201d in Jesus and in His Word.<\/p>\n Returning to a familiar image, Pope Francis said that being a Christian is not a matter of having some kind of identification, an identity card that says, \u201cI am Christian.\u201d Christian identity is discipleship. \u201cIf you remain in the Lord, in the Word of the Lord, in the life of the Lord, you will be a disciple,\u201d the pope said. If, on the other hand, you do not remain in Him, you can appreciate doctrine, and follow Jesus as a good and charitable man, but you will not be a disciple.<\/p>\n It is precisely Christian discipleship that makes us free, the pope said. \u201cThe disciple is someone who is free because they remain in the Lord.\u201d Pope Francis explained that being a disciple means allowing oneself to be guided by the Holy Spirit. \u201cThat is why the disciple is always a person of tradition and of novelty, a free person\u2026 never subject to ideologies, to doctrines within the Christian life, doctrines that can be discussed. That person remains in the Lord, it is the Spirit who inspires them.\u201d<\/p>\n Pope Francis concluded his homily by asking that the Lord might help us \u201cto understand this wisdom of remaining in Him, and help us to understand familiarity with the Spirit. The Holy Spirit gives us freedom.\u201d This, said the pope, is an anointing, \u201cand discipleship is an anointing. Those who remain in the Lord receive it.\u201d<\/p>\n Daniel D\u00edaz Vizzi April 1, 2020. He explained that being a disciple of Jesus is the path He shows us for freedom and life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9X9F6feNOpQ","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamartahomiliaeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamartahomiliaint.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46813"}],"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=46813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nChristian identity is not an identification card saying, 'I'm Christian.' No. It's discipleship. If you remain in the Lord, in the Word of the Lord, in the life of the Lord, you will be a disciple. If you don't remain, you will be someone who sympathizes with the doctrine, who follows Jesus as a man who performs many charitable acts.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nTranslation: Claudia Torres<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"