In his daily homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis spoke about the importance for a Christian to not just speak, but also do. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> He concluded by inviting Christians to ask themselves during Advent whether they are \u201ca Christian of words, or of deeds?\u201d<\/p>\n EXTRACTS FROM PAPAL HOMILY (Source: Vatican News)<\/p>\n \u201cSpeaking is a way of believing, but very superficial, a halfway journey: I say that I am a Christian but I don\u2019t act like a Christian. To put it simply, it\u2019s a little bit like dressing up as a Christian: only saying the words is a kind of deception, speaking without doing. Jesus\u2019 proposal is concrete, always concrete. When someone drew near and asked for advice, [He always suggested] concrete things. The works of mercy are concrete.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cHe is the strength. But many times, those who trust in the Lord are not seen, do not have success, they are hidden\u2026 but they are steady. He doesn\u2019t place his hope in speaking, in vanity, in pride, in the ephemeral powers of life, [but] in the Lord, the rock. The concreteness of the Christian life makes us go forward and build on the rock that is God, that is Jesus; on the solid ground of the divinity. Not on appearances or vanities, pride, recommendations\u2026 No. [On] the truth.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThis passage from the Prophet Isaiah has the air of the Magnificat, the song of our Lady: The Lord raises the humble, those who are in the concreteness of every day, and beats down the proud, those who build their lives on vanity, pride\u2026 these things do not last.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" December 6th, 2018. He invited Christians to ask themselves whether they are \u201ca Christian of words, or of deeds?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26987,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gNSL1fl5MQ4","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta0612eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta0612int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48630"}],"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=48630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cSpeaking is a way of believing, but it's very superficial, it's a halfway journey. I say that I am a Christian, but I don\u2019t act like a Christian. To put it simply, it\u2019s a little bit like dressing up as a Christian: only saying the words is a kind of deception; speaking without doing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n