During his homily at Casa Santa Marta, the pope recommended a daily examination of what happened throughout the day.
POPE FRANCIS
Before finishing the day, take two or three minutes: what important things happened inside me today? Oh, yes, I hated there and I gossiped there; I did that act of charity. Who helped you do these things, both bad and good? Ask these questions, to understand what happens inside.
The pope advised this exercise since sometimes people know the neighborhood gossip better than what is going on inside themselves.
HOMILY TEXT IN ENGLISH
Source: Vatican News
Pope Francis says there is always the struggle between grace and sin, between the Lord who wants to save and pull us out of this temptation and the bad spirit that always throws us down in order to win over. He thus urges Christians to ask themselves whether they walk down the street like one who comes and goes without realizing what is happening and to find out whether their decisions come “from the Lord” or are dictated by our “selfishness”, “by the devil”.
Before the end of the day, the Pope says, one needs to stop for two to three minutes to examine oneself whether anything important has happened that day. One can find a bit of hatred, speaking ill of others as well as an act of charity. To understand what goes on inside, one should ask who inspired these acts. At times, the Pope says, with our gossip mentality, we know what happens in the neighbourhood and in the neighbours' house but we don't know what happens inside us.
