In his homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis explained how to correctly transmit the faith. The first step, he explained, is through love. <\/p>\n
POPE FRANCIS<\/strong> Lastly, he remembered Benedict XVI's words when he admitted that the Church grows through attraction and by the testimony of those who form it.<\/p>\n EXTRACTS OF PAPAL HOMILY \u201cTransmitting the faith is not to be confused with proselytism. The Church is not about looking for cheering fans; neither is it simply reciting the Creed, which is an expression of the faith. Neither is it merely the passing on of information as if it were as easy as: Here, take this book, study it and then I will baptize you.'<\/p>\n Rather, transmitting the faith is rooting the heart in faith in Jesus Christ. This is the Church\u2019s challenge: to be a fruitful mother, giving birth to children in the faith. Grandparents, and parents are especially apt to transmit the faith because they perfume it with love. And he added that care-givers, even if they are foreigners, can also effectively transmit the faith to those whom they care for.<\/p>\n The faith is transmitted when people are attracted by our testimony. At times, that testimony ends in martyrdom. Testimony provokes curiosity. It is when others see a consistency in someone\u2019s life that they are led to ask: Why does so-and-so live like that? Why would a person spend their life in service to others? The Holy Spirit uses that curiosity and he goes to work within the person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" May 3, 2018. He said the Church grows through attraction and by the testimony of those who form it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23304,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Tsooo20QOPE","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta0305eng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bstamarta0305int.mp4","type":"bn","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49428"}],"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=49428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n'Transmitting faith is not proselytism. It is another thing, it is bigger still. It is not looking for fans who support this soccer team, this club, this cultural center; this is fine, but proselytism is not for faith.'<\/em><\/p>\n
\n(Source: Vatican News)<\/p>\n