Vatican City, Oct 6, 2016 / 13:58 pm
The Holy Spirit is the "great gift" of God the Father who helps us avoid the stupidities of a legalistic faith while leading us forward in Christian life, Pope Francis has said.
"May the Lord give us this grace: to open ourselves to the Holy Spirit, so that we will not become stupid, bewitched men and women who sadden the Holy Spirit," the Pope remarked in his homily at morning Mass at Casa Santa Martha Oct. 6.
He provided several questions for the faithful to examine their spiritual lives:
"Is my life a continual prayer to open myself to the Holy Spirit, so that He can carry me forward with the joy of the Gospel and make me understand the teaching of Jesus, the true doctrine that does not bewitch, that does not make us stupid, but the true (teaching)?"