Courses in spirituality or
searching for answers through yoga are a waste of time because
only through God can individuals find the love that sets them
free, Pope Francis said Friday.
In a homily during morning Mass at the Vatican guesthouse
where he lives, the pope said that many people are seeking peace
and a feeling of freedom, and try to find this through yoga and
Zen studies.
But those options appeal to an individual's pride, and
instead, it is only by humbly accepting the Holy Spirit that a
person can be free, the pope said, according to Vatican Radio.
"You can do a thousand courses in spirituality, a thousand
in yoga, zen, all of these things," added the pope.
"But all of this will never be able to give you the freedom
of the Lord".
The pope referred to Gospel passages describing the fear
felt by the apostles when they saw Jesus performing miracles,
because their hearts were too hardened to accept what they saw,
said Francis.
The apostles, like many people today, have hardened their
hearts in response to painful experiences, he added.
But that is the wrong response because it closes an
individual to the community of the Church and the experience of
knowing Jesus, he said.
"Who teaches us to love? Who frees us from
hard-heartedness? Only the Holy Spirit," said Francis.
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