Tuesday, 2 July 2013

Pope Francis: Flee from Sin and Don't Look Back!

"Faced with sin, we must escape without any nostalgia. Curiosity does not help, it hurts! 'But, in this sinful world, what can we do? What is this sin like? I would like to know . . . ' No, do not! This curiosity will hurt you! Run away and do not look back! We are weak, all of us, and we must defend ourselves."

To read the rest of the Holy Father's homily click here.

1 comment:

Elizabeth said...

He came dangerously close to actually deigning to remind us of the millennial-old Catholic adage "avert the eyes", and other such old fashioned disciplines that "we don't do anymore".... you know, Catholic common sense, didn't he? Not quite, but almost.

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