It's not a problem that we're sinners; it's a problem that we aren't ashamed of our sin and don't seek forgiveness.
Interpretation
Acknowledging our sins is natural, but failing to feel remorse and seek forgiveness is problematic.
Pope Francis emphasizes that everyone makes mistakes and has flaws, which is a part of being human. The real issue arises when individuals become indifferent to their wrongdoings, showing a lack of shame or responsibility, and do not strive for forgiveness or improvement. This quote encourages introspection and the pursuit of personal betterment through acknowledging one's faults.
In practice
During a church sermon on the importance of humility and forgiveness.
We are a church of sinners but we must not be afraid of holiness. Do not be afraid to aim for holiness and turn yourselves over to the love of God. Holiness does not mean performing extraordinary things but carrying out daily things in an extraordinary way that is with love, joy and faith.
I join the March for Life in Washington with my prayers. May God help us respect all life, especially the most vulnerable.
No one must say that they cannot be close to the poor because their own lifestyle demands more attention to other areas. This is an excuse commonly heard in academic, business or professional, and even ecclesial circles. While it is quite true that the essential vocation and mission of the lay faithful is to strive that earthly realities and all human activity may be transformed by the Gospel, none of us can think we are exempt from concern for the poor and for social justice
We face so many challenges in life: poverty, distress, humiliation, the struggle for justice, persecutions, the difficulty of daily conversion, the effort to remain faithful to our call to holiness, and many others. But if we open the door to Jesus and allow him to be part of our lives, if we share our joys and sorrows with him, then we will experience the peace and joy that only God, who is infinite love, can give.
More and more people work on Sundays as a consequence of the competitiveness imposed by a consumer society.
This Christmas may we be consistent in living the Gospel, welcoming Jesus into the centre of our lives.
Believers are right when they say that to understand a religion properly you need to get under its skin. But to understand it fully, you cannot stay there: you have to take a more objective view, too.
It usually takes a hundred years to make a law, and then, after it has done its work; it usually takes a hundred years to get rid of it.
It's the job of intellectuals and writers to cast doubt on perfection.
The desire of gold is not for gold. It is for the means of freedom and benefit.
When the mask of self-righteousness has been torn from us and we stand stripped of all our accustomed defenses, we are candidates for God's generous grace.
There is no God any more divine than Yourself.
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