Holy Father Pope Francis while addressing the faithful gathered in his homily at Mass, at the Casa Santa Marta residence in the Vatican, explained that sin is a rebellion, an obstinacy that consists in giving into the perverse inclinations of our heart in small idolatries of every day such as cupidity, envy, hate, and especially slander, which he described as a war of the heart, destroying the other. His Holiness also conveyed that sin ruins the heart, life and the soul by weakening and making it ill.
A reported by Vatican radio, Holy Father Pope Francis remarked that “Priests, king, leaders and fathers, all of us are sinners and we are sinners because God has asked us to do one thing and we have done the contrary.” Further, His Holiness added, “Sin is not like a stain that one gets rid of at the dry cleaner’s but it is an ugly rebellion against God who is all good.”
His Holiness concluded his homily by urging all faithful to be grateful to the Lord for manifesting His might in His mercy and forgiveness.
