Being Christian

“Being Christian means allowing oneself to be renewed by Jesus in this new life. 

‘I am a good Christian, I go to Mass every Sunday from 11 til noon, I do this, I do that’. . . as if it were a collection. 

But the Christian life is not a collage of things.

 It is a harmonious whole, harmonious, and the Holy Spirit does it!

 He renews all things: He renews our heart, our life, and makes us live differently, but in a way that takes up the whole of our life. 

You cannot be a Christian of pieces, a part time Christian. 

Being a part-time Christian simply doesn’t work! 

The whole, everything, full-time. 

The Spirit accomplishes this renewal.

 Being Christian ultimately means, not doing things,

 but allowing oneself to be renewed by the Holy Spirit 

  – or, to use the words of Jesus, becoming new wine.”

Pope Francis