Catholic Teens - August 24, 2005

On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 17:04:19 -0500, pwxsevere wrote
> Hey All-
>
> Instead of my own words this week--take a look at what Pope Benedict
> had to say at World Youth Day in front of over a million people.
>
> These are his closing remarks at the end of his homily. And even
> being half- asleep at 430am it was amazing.
>
> The look of joy on the many faces of the young people from all over
> the world was priceless. Keep an eye open to the next World Youth
> Day to be held in Sydney, Australia in August of 2008!
>
> >From Pope Benedict:
>
> If we think and live according to our communion with Christ, then
> our eyes will be opened.
>
> Then we will no longer be content to scrape a living just for
> ourselves, but we will see where and how we are needed. Living and
> acting thus, we will soon realize that it is much better to be
> useful and at the disposal of others than to be concerned only with
> the comforts that are offered to us. I know that you as young people
> have great aspirations, that you want to pledge yourselves to build
> a better world. Let others see this, let the world see it, since
> this is exactly the witness that the world expects from the
> disciples of Jesus Christ; in this way, and through your love above
> all, the world will be able to discover the star that we follow as
> believers.
>
> Let us go forward with Christ and let us live our lives as true
> worshippers of God! Amen.
>
> God bless you!
> Phil Lawson
>
> "It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may
> live as you wish." --Mother Teresa

"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you
wish." --Mother Teresa