Bose, 25 October 2007

The Holy Spirit “blows wherever it pleases” and “you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going” (John 3:8).

Letter to young people
Late in the evening, when the day has sunk behind us, I often happen to walk along the razor wire, and from my heart a voice always rises saying

Bose, August 20-25, 2007
Week for young people
There is a man who knows how hard being and living are, but he can still wonder at the sight of such useless creatures as sparrows and

In my opinion there is a text in the Gospel that well expresses the situation of many of today’s young people; that’s the text of the “young rich man” (Mt 19,16-22). It shows a young man in search, who asks himself about the meaning of life, who longs for the fullness of life and whose faith brings him to feel the insufficiency of the present time: “What good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?” (Mt 19, 16).

Message to young people
First and last alike, receive your reward. For the Lord is gracious and receives the last no less than the first

Meeting Christ and adhering to him implies fractures and cuts: “No one can serve two masters... You can’t serve both God and Mammon.” (Mt 6:24).

Message to young people
Be oppressed, but not an oppressor; be crucified, but not a crucifier; be outraged, but not an outrager; be defamed, but not a defamer

The Letter to Titus urges young people to think (Titus 2:6), to reflect so as to acquire wisdom and discernment. Certainly thinking, paying attention to our heart’s movements and thoughts that invade our mind, rereading the whole day at night, is not easy.

“I write to you, young men, because you are strong and the Word of God remains in you, and you have conquered the evil one.” (1 Jn 2,14). The strength and the struggle against evil: according to the apostle John this is what marks young people, this is what a young man is invited to.