The Christian faith "is not a thought, is not an idea, it is communion and, therefore, becomes conformity to Christ," said the Pope extempore who continued, "a faith without charity is not a true faith but a dead faith." The love of Christ "is sustaining us and tormenting us, because it pushes us to live not for ourselves, but for the one who died and is risen for us." In this perspective, we understand how "the Christian ethic is not built on a system of rules, but is a direct consequence of our friendship with Christ, and this friendship is showing us the life." "We have to acknowledge that, as we are justified in Christ, we no longer belong to ourselves, but we have become temples of the Holy Spirit, thus being called to glorify God in our bodies," said the Holy Father according to whom "we will sell off the inestimable value of the justification if we, who had been redeemed by Christ’s blood, do not glorify Him with our bodies." "No to the devaluation of our personal and community life." "Let us be touched by God’s love for us," he said, always extempore, at the conclusion of the catechesis. "Nothing and nobody could ever separate us from his love. May this certitude be our strength for living a real faith which operates in love." ” “
