Pope Addresses Young on Pilgrimage to Lourdes

Among the inspiring words the Holy Father wrote to the participants in the annual youth pilgrimage were the following:

“[C]elebrate with enthusiasm the joy of loving Christ and of believing and hoping in him, and to follow with trust the path of initiation you have before you.

“I particularly invite you to take up the witness of your ancestors in the faith, and to learn to welcome the word of God — in silence and meditation — so that it can mould your hearts and produce generous fruits in you,” he added.

This pilgrimage, the Pontiff concluded, “is also a good time to allow yourselves to be asked by Christ: ‘What do you want to do with your lives?’ May those among you who feel the call to follow him in the priesthood or in consecrated life — as have so many young participants in these pilgrimages — reply to the Lord’s call and put yourselves totally at the service of the Church, with a life completely dedicated to the Kingdom of heaven. You will never be disappointed.”

Full article from Zenit News here.