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Don't procrastinate on faith, live today, pope says

Christians must reflect on state of their own 'today' and ask whether their hearts are open to the Lord' or closed
Don't procrastinate on faith, live today, pope says
Published: January 13, 2017 05:22 AM GMT
Updated: January 13, 2017 05:23 AM GMT

Christians are called to renew their faithfulness to God every day and not procrastinate when it comes to their own personal conversion, Pope Francis said.

A hardened heart that sets aside "receiving the love of God" for another day, may find that it is too late to enjoy the heavenly reward awaiting those whose hearts are strong in the faith, the pope said Jan. 12 in his homily during Mass at the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

"I say this not to frighten you but simply to say that our life is a 'today' — today or never," he said. "Tomorrow will be an eternal 'tomorrow' with no sunset, with the Lord forever if I am faithful to this 'today.' And the question that I ask you is what the Holy Spirit asks: 'How do I live this 'today?'" he said.

Hearts "are at risk" of losing this "today," the opportunity of living life to its fullness and not ruined by sin, he said.

Christians, Pope Francis added, must reflect on the state of their own "today" and ask whether their hearts are "open to the Lord" or closed and seduced by sin like "the doctors of the law; all those people who persecuted [Jesus], who put him to the test to condemn him and in the end, were able to do it."

Today may well be a person's last, he told those at Mass. It is healthy to ask, "How is my 'today' in the presence of the Lord? And how is my heart? Is it open? Is it strong in faith? Is it led by the love of the Lord?"

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Source: Catholic News Service 

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