Tuesday, August 23, 2011

WYD homily, 8/18/11, Plaza de Cibeles, Madrid

"Dear young people, listen closely to the words of the Lord, that they may be for you “spirit and life” (Jn 6:63), roots which nourish your being, a rule of life which likens us – poor in spirit, thirsting for justice, merciful, pure in heart, lovers of peace – to the person of Christ. Listen regularly every day as if he were the one friend who does not deceive, the one with whom we wish to share the path of life. Of course, you know that when we do not walk beside Christ our guide, we get lost on other paths, like the path of our blind and selfish impulses, or the path of flattering but self-serving suggestions, deceiving and fickle, which leave emptiness and frustration in their wake." (Pope Benedict XVI)

http://bluepanjeet.net/2011/08/20/12071/full-text-pope-benedict-xvis-homily-welcoming-ceremony-plaza-de-cibeles/