In his daily homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis warned against the 'disease of consumerism', which goes against generosity. He gave an example to Christians in how they can be more generous.<\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> The pope said that in being charitable it helps one to open up the heart more. He stressed the danger of consumerism which enslaves and makes them dependent on their money. <\/p>\n EXTRACTS FROM PAPAL HOMILY <\/strong> \u201cAn appeal to generosity. Generosity belongs to everyday life; it\u2019s something we should think: \u2018How can I be more generous, with the poor, the needy\u2026 How can I help more?\u2019 \u2018But Father, you know that we can barely get through the month.\u2019 \u2018But surely you have at least a couple of coins left over? Think about it: you can be generous with those\u2026\u2019 Consider the little things. For example, look through your room or your wardrobe. How many pairs of shoes do I have? One, two, three, four, fifteen, twenty\u2026 Each of us knows. Maybe too many\u2026 I knew a monsignor who had 40\u2026 But if you have many pairs of shoes, give away half. How many clothes do I not use or use only once a year? This is one way to be generous, to give what we have, and to share.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe can do miracles through generosity. Generosity in little things. Maybe we don\u2019t do it because we just don\u2019t think about it. The Gospel message makes us reflect: How can I be more generous? Just a little more, not much\u2026 \u2018It\u2019s true, Father, you\u2019re right but\u2026 I don\u2019t know why, but I\u2019m always afraid\u2026\u2019 But nowadays there is another disease, which works against generosity: The disease of consumerism.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a terrible disease nowadays, consumerism. I\u2019m not saying all of us do it, no. But consumerism \u2013 excessive spending to buy more than we need \u2013 is a lack of austerity in life. This is the enemy of generosity. And material generosity \u2013 thinking about the poor: \u2018I can give this so that they can eat or have clothes\u2019 \u2013 has an ulterior result: It enlarges the heart and helps us be magnanimous.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" November 26, 2018. He invited Christians to think more about how they can be more generous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":27096,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8urYcuy1ocU","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta2611eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta2611int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48667"}],"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=48667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48667\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u201cHow many pairs of shoes do I have? One, two, three, four, 15, 20\u2026 Each of us can say. Maybe too many\u2026 I knew a monsignor who had 40. But if you have many pairs of shoes, give away half. How many clothes do I not use or use only once a year? This is one way to be generous, to give what we have, and to share.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\n(Source: Vatican News)<\/p>\n