Jesus said:
“Everyone who comes to me and listens to my words and acts on them — I will show you what such a person is like.
“Such a person is like the man who, when he built a house, dug, and dug deep, and laid the foundations on rock; when the river was in flood it bore down on that house but could not shake it, it was so well built.
“But someone who listens and does nothing is like the man who built a house on soil, with no foundations; as soon as the river bore down on it, it collapsed; and what a ruin that house became!” Luke 6:47-49
Pope Benedict XVI, in his new book “Light of the World,” said that faith is the root that establishes communion with God and enables us to bind together authentically.