July
25th, 2002
July
25th, 2002
Pope John Paul II: “Young people listening to me, answer the Lord with strong and generous hearts! He is counting on you.”
"Many of these voices
speak to you of a joy that can be had with money, with success, with power.
Mostly they propose a joy that comes with the superficial and fleeting pleasure
of the senses."
"True joy," he continued, "is a victory, something which cannot be obtained
without a long and difficult struggle. Christ holds the secret of this victory
... It is by walking with Christ that we can achieve joy, true joy!"
The Holy Father emphasized that "with your gaze set firmly on Him" young
people could "discover the path of forgiveness and reconciliation in a world
often laid waste by violence and terror. Last year we saw with dramatic clarity
the tragic face of human malice. We saw what happens when hatred, sin and death
take command. But today Jesus' voice resounds in the midst of our gathering. His
is a voice of life, of hope, of forgiveness; a voice of justice and of peace.
Let us listen to this voice!"
"Dear friends," he continued, "the Church today looks to you with
confidence and expects you to be the people of the Beatitudes. Only Jesus is the
true Master, only Jesus speaks the unchanging message that responds to the
deepest longings of the human heart. ... Today he calls you to be the salt and
light of the world, to choose goodness, to live in justice, to become
instruments of love and peace."
The Pope highlighted that "to believe in Jesus is to accept what he says,
even when it runs contrary to what others are saying. ... Young people listening
to me," he concluded, "answer the Lord with strong and generous hearts! He is
counting on you. Never forget: Christ needs you to carry out his plan of
salvation! Christ needs your youth and your generous enthusiasm to make his
proclamation of joy resound in the new millennium. Answer his call by placing
your lives at his service in your brothers and sisters! Trust Christ, because he
trusts you."
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