Pope Francis: To have faith is to receive God's message. During Friday morning Mass at the Casa Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis said: "We often make the mistake of saying: 'But I have a lot of faith', …More
Pope Francis: To have faith is to receive God's message.
During Friday morning Mass at the Casa Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis said: "We often make the mistake of saying: 'But I have a lot of faith', [and] 'I believe everything...'- and maybe this person who says [something like this] leads a lukewarm life, a weak [life]. His faith is as a theory, though it is not alive in his life. The Apostle James, when he speaks of faith, speaks precisely of doctrine, of that, which is what is the content of the faith. Nevertheless, one might learn all the commandments , all the prophecies , all the truths of faith, though if these are not put into practice, put to work, they are useless. We can recite the Creed theoretically, even without faith, and there are many peopl ...
During Friday morning Mass at the Casa Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis said: "We often make the mistake of saying: 'But I have a lot of faith', [and] 'I believe everything...'- and maybe this person who says [something like this] leads a lukewarm life, a weak [life]. His faith is as a theory, though it is not alive in his life. The Apostle James, when he speaks of faith, speaks precisely of doctrine, of that, which is what is the content of the faith. Nevertheless, one might learn all the commandments , all the prophecies , all the truths of faith, though if these are not put into practice, put to work, they are useless. We can recite the Creed theoretically, even without faith, and there are many peopl ...