In his daily homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on the importance of the Holy Spirit. He said one cannot do anything without the Spirit. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS <\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cA Christian life, which calls itself Christian, which leaves no room for the Holy Spirit and does not allow itself to be led by the Spirit, is a pagan life, disguised as a Christian.\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n He invited Christians to ask themselves what place the Holy Spirit has in their life and pray to God for the grace to recognize \u201cour companion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n EXTRACTS FROM POPE'S HOMILY (Source: Vatican News) <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cIt is the Spirit that allows us to rise from our limitations, from our deaths, because there are so many necroses in our life and in our soul.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cA life, that may call itself Christian, but that leaves no room for the Spirit and does not allow itself to be carried forward by the Spirit, is a pagan life, disguised as Christian.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cThe Spirit\u201d he said, \u201cis the protagonist of Christian life.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cNo one has ever ascended to heaven except He who descended from heaven: Jesus. He came down from heaven, and at the moment of the resurrection, he said to us \u2018Receive the Holy Spirit\u2019, the companion of Christian life.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cOne cannot walk the path of a Christian life without the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cOur daily companion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cA gift from the Father, a gift from Jesus\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cLet us ask the Lord\u201d the pope said, \u201cto give us this awareness that we cannot be Christians without walking with the Holy Spirit, without acting with the Holy Spirit, without letting the Holy Spirit be the protagonist of our lives.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p>\n \u201cOur companion on our way is the Holy Spirit.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" He invited Christians to ask themselves what place the Holy Spirit has in their lives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":25426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9PAoXk4PKFo","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta3004eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta3004int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48069"}],"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=48069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48069\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}