To Build Your Life on Christ
From the Papal Message for Youth Day 2006
"Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet and a Light to My Path"
To build your life on Christ, to accept the word with joy and put its teachings into practice: This, young people of the third millennium, should be your program! There is an urgent need for the emergence of a new generation of apostles anchored firmly in the word of Christ, capable of responding to the challenges of our times and prepared to spread the Gospel far and wide.
It is this that the Lord asks of you, it is to this that the Church invites you, and it is this that the world -- even though it may not be aware of it -- expects of you! If Jesus calls you, do not be afraid to respond to him with generosity, especially when he asks you to follow him in the consecrated life or in the priesthood. Do not be afraid; trust in him and you will not be disappointed.
"Your Word Is a Lamp to My Feet and a Light to My Path"
To build your life on Christ, to accept the word with joy and put its teachings into practice: This, young people of the third millennium, should be your program! There is an urgent need for the emergence of a new generation of apostles anchored firmly in the word of Christ, capable of responding to the challenges of our times and prepared to spread the Gospel far and wide.
It is this that the Lord asks of you, it is to this that the Church invites you, and it is this that the world -- even though it may not be aware of it -- expects of you! If Jesus calls you, do not be afraid to respond to him with generosity, especially when he asks you to follow him in the consecrated life or in the priesthood. Do not be afraid; trust in him and you will not be disappointed.
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