{"id":17869,"date":"2017-01-19T19:28:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T19:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/pope-francis-the-christian-life-requires-fighting-against-satan-17676\/"},"modified":"2017-01-19T19:28:00","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T19:28:00","slug":"pope-francis-the-christian-life-requires-fighting-against-satan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/catholicnews\/2017\/01\/pope-francis-the-christian-life-requires-fighting-against-satan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis: The Christian life requires fighting against Satan"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/Pope_Francis_11_at_the_general_audience_in_St_Peters_Square_April_13_2016_Credit_Daniel_Ibanez_CNA_4_13_16.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Vatican City, Jan 19, 2017 \/ 12:28 pm (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Francis spoke Thursday about the struggles inherent to the Christian life, and how temptation, while a normal part of trying to live virtuously, must be fought adamantly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why St. Paul speaks of Christian life as a struggle: a daily struggle. A fight!\u201d he said Jan. 19. \u201cThat\u2019s why Jesus came: \u2018to destroy Satan's empire, the empire of evil.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In his homily at Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on how the day's Gospel from St. Mark talks about crowds of people following Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy were the crowds attracted?\u201d the Pope asked.<\/p>\n<p>In the Gospels it tells us that some are sick and want to be healed, he said. There were also some who liked to listen to Jesus\u2019 preaching. But another answer is that they followed the Lord because the Father always leads us to his Son.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus was moved by these people he saw as sheep without a shepherd, Francis said, these people who are being led to him by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay the Lord give us the grace to know how to discern what is going on in our hearts and to choose the right path upon which the Father draws us to Jesus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the end of the Gospel, the Pope quoted the passage that says, \u201cWhenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, 'you are the Son of God.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Frequently, when we try to approach God, \u201cunclean spirits\u201d try to stop us, he said, and \u201cwage a war against us\u201d through the temptation to sin.<\/p>\n<p>But this temptation is an ordinary part of living a Christian life, he said. \u201cA Christian life without temptations is not Christian. It is ideological, it is Gnostic, but it is not Christian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?a=6mhAkNecuIU:l5C8OUOvx_8:yIl2AUoC8zA\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews\/~4\/6mhAkNecuIU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/images\/size340\/Pope_Francis_11_at_the_general_audience_in_St_Peters_Square_April_13_2016_Credit_Daniel_Ibanez_CNA_4_13_16.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>Vatican City, Jan 19, 2017 \/ 12:28 pm (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/\" target=\"_self\">CNA\/EWTN News<\/a>).- Pope Francis spoke Thursday about the struggles inherent to the Christian life, and how temptation, while a normal part of trying to live virtuously, must be fought adamantly.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;That&rsquo;s why St. Paul speaks of Christian life as a struggle: a daily struggle. A fight!&rdquo; he said Jan. 19. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why Jesus came: &lsquo;to destroy Satan&#8217;s empire, the empire of evil.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In his homily at Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on how the day&#8217;s Gospel from St. Mark talks about crowds of people following Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why were the crowds attracted?&rdquo; the Pope asked.<\/p>\n<p>In the Gospels it tells us that some are sick and want to be healed, he said. There were also some who liked to listen to Jesus&rsquo; preaching. But another answer is that they followed the Lord because the Father always leads us to his Son.<\/p>\n<p>Jesus was moved by these people he saw as sheep without a shepherd, Francis said, these people who are being led to him by the Holy Spirit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;May the Lord give us the grace to know how to discern what is going on in our hearts and to choose the right path upon which the Father draws us to Jesus.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the end of the Gospel, the Pope quoted the passage that says, &ldquo;Whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, &#8216;you are the Son of God.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Frequently, when we try to approach God, &ldquo;unclean spirits&rdquo; try to stop us, he said, and &ldquo;wage a war against us&rdquo; through the temptation to sin.<\/p>\n<p>But this temptation is an ordinary part of living a Christian life, he said. &ldquo;A Christian life without temptations is not Christian. It is ideological, it is Gnostic, but it is not Christian.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?a=6mhAkNecuIU:l5C8OUOvx_8:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/catholicnewsagency\/dailynews\/~4\/6mhAkNecuIU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1031,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vatican"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Pope Francis: The Christian life requires fighting against Satan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Vatican City, Jan 19, 2017 \/ 12:28 pm (CNA\/EWTN News).- Pope Francis spoke Thursday about the struggles inherent to the Christian life, and how temptation, while a normal part of trying to live virtuously, must be fought adamantly. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why St. Paul speaks of Christian life as a struggle: a daily struggle. A fight!&rdquo; he said Jan. 19. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why Jesus came: &lsquo;to destroy Satan&#039;s empire, the empire of evil.&rsquo;&rdquo; In his homily at Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on how the day&#039;s Gospel from St. Mark talks about crowds of people following Jesus. &ldquo;Why were the crowds attracted?&rdquo; the Pope asked. In the Gospels it tells us that some are sick and want to be healed, he said. There were also some who liked to listen to Jesus&rsquo; preaching. But another answer is that they followed the Lord because the Father always leads us to his Son. Jesus was moved by these people he saw as sheep without a shepherd, Francis said, these people who are being led to him by the Holy Spirit. &ldquo;May the Lord give us the grace to know how to discern what is going on in our hearts and to choose the right path upon which the Father draws us to Jesus.&rdquo; Commenting on the end of the Gospel, the Pope quoted the passage that says, &ldquo;Whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, &#039;you are the Son of God.&rsquo;&rdquo; Frequently, when we try to approach God, &ldquo;unclean spirits&rdquo; try to stop us, he said, and &ldquo;wage a war against us&rdquo; through the temptation to sin. But this temptation is an ordinary part of living a Christian life, he said. &ldquo;A Christian life without temptations is not Christian. 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A fight!&rdquo; he said Jan. 19. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why Jesus came: &lsquo;to destroy Satan&#039;s empire, the empire of evil.&rsquo;&rdquo; In his homily at Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on how the day&#039;s Gospel from St. Mark talks about crowds of people following Jesus. &ldquo;Why were the crowds attracted?&rdquo; the Pope asked. In the Gospels it tells us that some are sick and want to be healed, he said. There were also some who liked to listen to Jesus&rsquo; preaching. But another answer is that they followed the Lord because the Father always leads us to his Son. Jesus was moved by these people he saw as sheep without a shepherd, Francis said, these people who are being led to him by the Holy Spirit. &ldquo;May the Lord give us the grace to know how to discern what is going on in our hearts and to choose the right path upon which the Father draws us to Jesus.&rdquo; Commenting on the end of the Gospel, the Pope quoted the passage that says, &ldquo;Whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, &#039;you are the Son of God.&rsquo;&rdquo; Frequently, when we try to approach God, &ldquo;unclean spirits&rdquo; try to stop us, he said, and &ldquo;wage a war against us&rdquo; through the temptation to sin. But this temptation is an ordinary part of living a Christian life, he said. &ldquo;A Christian life without temptations is not Christian. 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A fight!&rdquo; he said Jan. 19. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s why Jesus came: &lsquo;to destroy Satan's empire, the empire of evil.&rsquo;&rdquo; In his homily at Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on how the day's Gospel from St. Mark talks about crowds of people following Jesus. &ldquo;Why were the crowds attracted?&rdquo; the Pope asked. In the Gospels it tells us that some are sick and want to be healed, he said. There were also some who liked to listen to Jesus&rsquo; preaching. But another answer is that they followed the Lord because the Father always leads us to his Son. Jesus was moved by these people he saw as sheep without a shepherd, Francis said, these people who are being led to him by the Holy Spirit. &ldquo;May the Lord give us the grace to know how to discern what is going on in our hearts and to choose the right path upon which the Father draws us to Jesus.&rdquo; Commenting on the end of the Gospel, the Pope quoted the passage that says, &ldquo;Whenever unclean spirits saw him they would fall down before him and shout, 'you are the Son of God.&rsquo;&rdquo; Frequently, when we try to approach God, &ldquo;unclean spirits&rdquo; try to stop us, he said, and &ldquo;wage a war against us&rdquo; through the temptation to sin. But this temptation is an ordinary part of living a Christian life, he said. &ldquo;A Christian life without temptations is not Christian. 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