{"id":49233,"date":"2018-06-20T11:16:37","date_gmt":"2018-06-20T09:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1.romereports.com\/2018\/06\/20\/pope-says-10-commandments-are-an-invitation-to-enter-a-loving-relationship-with-god\/"},"modified":"2018-06-20T11:16:00","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T09:16:00","slug":"pope-says-10-commandments-are-an-invitation-to-enter-a-loving-relationship-with-god","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/2018\/06\/20\/pope-says-10-commandments-are-an-invitation-to-enter-a-loving-relationship-with-god\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope says 10 commandments are an invitation to enter a loving relationship with God"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pope Francis continued his catechesis on the 10 commandments, explaining that these \u201cwords\u201d are not meant as strict orders, but <em>\u201can invitation to shape our lives in a loving relationship with the Father.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>He asks that through <em>\u201cour words and actions, may we show that obedience to the law of Christ is no mere legalism, but a response of filial love for God and confident trust in his saving plan for our world.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>SUMMARY OF PAPAL HOMILY<br \/>\n<\/strong>Dear brothers and sisters,<\/p>\n<p>In our catechesis on the commandments, we have seen that Jesus, God\u2019s incarnate Word, came not to abolish but to fulfill the Law. God\u2019s commandments are part of his ongoing conventional dialogue with his people; indeed, in Hebrew, the ten commandments are called God\u2019s ten \u201cwords\u201d. As \u201cwords,\u201d they are not so much orders to be obeyed but an invitation to shape our lives in a loving relationship with the Father, through the Son and in the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>God is not \u2013 as the Tempter would have us believe \u2013 a despot demanding blind obedience, but a Father concerned for the welfare of his children. Thanks to the gift of the Spirit, we are able freely to accept and obey God\u2019s law as the path to authentic human fulfillment. In our lives as Christians, we are called to pass from the letter of the Law to the freedom of the Spirit. In all our words and actions, may we show that obedience to the law of Christ is no mere legalism, but a response of filial love for God and confident trust in his saving plan for our world.<\/p>\n<p>I greet the English-speaking pilgrims and visitors taking part in today\u2019s Audience, particularly those from England, Sweden, Switzerland, Ghana, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and the United States of America. Upon all of you, and your families, I invoke the joy and peace of our Lord Jesus Christ. God bless you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 20, 2018. He continued his series on the 10 commandments of God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22766,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[214],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gCYZppsWfJ0","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienza2006eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bncudienza2006int.mp4","type":"rrp","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49233"}],"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=49233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}