Pope to youth: Christ wants to make you happy

[lemonbeam]

Encourages Them to Have Open Hearts

STARA BOLESLAV, Czech Republic, SEPT. 28, 2009 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is telling youth that Christ wants to make them happy, and that his voice is not difficult to hear for those who have their hearts open.

The Pope reflected on Christ’s call today when he spoke with young people gathered on the third and last day of his visit to the Czech Republic.

“As he did with Augustine, so the Lord comes to meet each one of you,” he said. "He knocks at the door of your freedom and asks to be welcomed as a friend. He wants to make you happy, to fill you with humanity and dignity.

“The Christian faith is this: encounter with Christ, the living Person who gives life a new horizon and thereby a definitive direction. And when the heart of a young person opens up to his divine plans, it is not difficult to recognize and follow his voice.”

The Holy Father reflected on the Lord’s specific call for each person, and he urged them to holiness in their vocations.

“Many of you he calls to marriage, and the preparation for this sacrament constitutes a real vocational journey,” he said. “Consider seriously the divine call to raise a Christian family, and let your youth be the time in which to build your future with a sense of responsibility. Society needs Christian families, saintly families!”

“And if the Lord is calling you to follow him in the ministerial priesthood or in the consecrated life,” the Pontiff continued, “do not hesitate to respond to his invitation. In particular, in this Year of Priests, I appeal to you, young men: Be attentive and open to Jesus’s call to offer your lives in the service of God and his people.”

“The Church in every country,” he reflected, “including this one, needs many holy priests and also persons fully consecrated to the service of Christ, Hope of the world.”

zenit.org/article-26990?l=english

 

[lil_flower_luv]

I love our Pope!

 

[reggieM]

That’s wonderful message. Thanks to God for Pope Benedict.

 

[mslinda8393]

That was a wonderful statement to our young people–Christ will fill them with humanity and dignity, as well as make them happy. The world needs young people who have humanity and dignity—especially in this uncertain time. Thanks to God for our Pope–if we listen to him speak the will of Christ, we can make the world a better place—especially through our young people.

 

[Mark77]

**God Bless Papa Benedictus XVI, all our Priests and Religious!

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei, Ora Pro Nobis Peccatoribus!
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[oldcelt]

I have to confess that I was a bit apprehensive when Benedict was elected…I feared his rather stern, academic background would make for an inaccessible Pontiff…I’m pleased to say I was wrong.

John