"Let us not complicate life by overexplaining the Gospel"

by Michael Sean Winters

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More wisdom from the Holy Father's morning homilies. Vatican Insider has the full readout; here is the money quote:

These are the two conditions in order to follow Jesus: to listen to the word of God, and to put it into practice. This is the Christian life – nothing more. Simple, simple. Maybe we’ve made it a little difficult, with many explanations that no one understands, but the Christian life is thus: listening to the Word of God and practicing it,” Vatican Radio quotes the Pope saying.

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