{"id":47109,"date":"2020-01-24T17:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2020\/01\/24\/pope-francis-at-casa-santa-marta-jealousy-and-envy-are-seeds-of-war\/"},"modified":"2020-01-24T17:07:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-24T16:07:00","slug":"pope-francis-at-casa-santa-marta-jealousy-and-envy-are-seeds-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2020\/01\/24\/pope-francis-at-casa-santa-marta-jealousy-and-envy-are-seeds-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis at Casa Santa Marta: Jealousy and envy are seeds of war"},"content":{"rendered":"

In his homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on how King Saul's jealousy of David fades.<\/strong> The pope warned against letting the \u201cworm of jealousy\u201d enter one's heart.<\/p>\n

POPE FRANCIS<\/strong>
\nJealousy leads us to discard people. It leads us to war. The seeds of war are envy and jealousy. Let us ask the Lord for the grace to have a clear heart like David. An amiable heart, a heart that does not want to kill anyone, because jealousy and envy kill. <\/em><\/p>\n

The pope asked Christians to avoid internal conversations that can cause jealousy. He said these can grow into destructive acts that harm others.
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EXCERPTS FROM POPE'S HOMILY
\nSource: Vatican News<\/strong><\/p>\n

We must be careful of the jealousy and envy that lead us to \u201cmisjudge\u201d others. Pope Francis began his homily by explaining that these two words are the \u201cseed of war.\u201d His message comes from the Gospel reading, which describes how King Saul\u2019s jealousy of David fades. Jealousy and envy, he said, lead to an internal conversation with oneself that kills others. In reality, said the pope, if we think about it, \u201cthere is no consistency\u201d to them.<\/em><\/p>\n

Referring to the reading, the pope recalls that the king\u2019s jealousy comes from the fact that although he had killed ten thousand enemies, and David \u2018only\u2019 one thousand, the young women sang songs about David\u2019s victories. This, said the pope, is where \u201cthe restlessness of jealousy\u201d begins. As a result, the king sets off with his army to kill David.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cJealousies are criminals,\u201d said Pope Francis. They are \u201calways trying to kill.\u201d To those who say \u201cYes, I'm jealous\u2026but I'm not a murderer,\u201d the pope replies, not yet. \u201cBut if you continue, it can end badly.\u201d He recalls it is easy to kill, even \u201cwith your tongue, with slander.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Those who are jealous, said the pope, are \u201cincapable of seeing reality,\u201d and only \u201ca very strong fact\u201d can open their eyes. So in Saul's mind, \u201cjealousy led him to believe that David was a murderer, an enemy.\u201d When someone who is jealous finally encounters this \u201cfact,\u201d this reality, said the pope, \u201cit is a grace from God.\u201d When this happens, \u201cjealousy bursts like a soap bubble,\u201d because jealousy and envy have \u201cno consistency.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

He explained that jealousy is born of a conversation with oneself, misinterpreting things in a way that prevents us from \u201cseeing reality.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n

When God gives us the grace to see the reality of the situation, He invites us to look at ourselves, said the pope. We must \u201cprotect our hearts from this illness, from this conversation with oneself.\u201d We must \u201cbe careful\u201d of this \u201cworm\u201d that enters each one of us, he said, adding that \u201cwhen we feel this distaste for someone, we must ask ourselves why.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Pope Francis prayed to the Lord that we may have the grace of having a transparent heart - a friendly one, he added, that \u201cseeks only justice\u201d and peace.<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

January 24, 2020. The pope said jealousy can turn into destructive acts that harm others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":18762,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/mTPaEh8uT-k","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta2401eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta2401int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47109"}],"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=47109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18762"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}