In his homily at Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis spoke again about mercy. He said that often Christians close the Church's doors to those who are trying to improve themselves.
POPE FRANCIS
'And how many times in Christian communities today will they find closed doors! 'But you cannot, no, you cannot. You have sinned and you cannot. If you want to come, come to Mass on Sunday, but thatâ??s it â?? thatâ??s all you can do.â?? So, what the Holy Spirit creates in the hearts of people, those Christians with their â??doctors of the lawâ?? mentality, destroy.'
That attitude will 'cause a lot of pain' said the Pope. He added that 'the Church always has its doors open.'
POPE'S COMPLETE HOMILY
(Source: Vatican Radio)
'A man - a woman â?? who feels sick in the soul, sad, who made many mistakes in life, at a certain time feels that the waters are moving - the Holy Spirit is moving something - or they hear a word or ... 'Ah, I want to go!' ... And they gather up their courage and go. And how many times in Christian communities today will they find closed doors! 'But you cannot, no, you cannot. You have sinned and you cannot. If you want to come, come to Mass on Sunday, but thatâ??s it â?? thatâ??s all you can do.â?? So, what the Holy Spirit creates in the hearts of people, those Christians with their â??doctors of the lawâ?? mentality, destroy.'
'Itâ??s Jesusâ?? home and Jesus welcomes [all]. But not only does He welcome, He goes out to see people just as He went out to find this man. And if people are hurt, what does Jesus do? Scold them because they are hurt? No, He comes and He carries them on His shoulders. And this is called mercy. And when God rebukes his people - 'I desire mercy, not sacrifice!' â?? Heâ??s talking about this.'
'We call today on the Lord in the Mass for us, for each of us and for the whole Church, a conversion to Jesus, a conversion to Jesus, a conversion to the mercy of Jesus. And so the Law will be fully accomplished, because the Law is to love God and our neighbor as ourselves.'
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