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"They are like children in the market place ..." Children whose hearts are so cluttered and distracted by so many voices and activities. Children whose attention has been given over to greed and consumerism that they can no longer see or recognize the silent guest that walks among them. Somehow, the clamour, the greed, the distraction have drowned the small still voice that is trying so hard to speak to their hearts. And because they cannot be still or centered and cannot recognize God, they remain unbelieving, complaining and murmuring people. Always agitated. Nothing seems to satisfy. However for those sincere seekers who have learnt to be still and have "by his grace" the courage to penetrate, the many noisy layers and reach the core of their beings and there learn to listen to the inner voice of love, they are filled with wisdom and can recognize God in His different manifestations. Lord, help us to be still so that we can hear Your small still voice speaking to us and guiding us into the light. |
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That the adolescents and young people of the third millennium
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"Lord Jesus, you have made these young people your friends; keep them
for ever close to you! Amen." This closing prayer of John Paul II at the
Mass in Korazim in the Holy Land last year indicates the deep concern
he has for the youth of the third millennium. At the Mount of Beatitudes, the Holy Father looked down on the assembled youth and said, "How may generations before us have been deeply moved by the Sermon on the Mount! How many young people down the centuries have gathered around Jesus to learn the words of eternal life, as you are gathered here today! It is wonderful that you are here!" The ideal the Holy Father proposes to the youth of today is that they look at Jesus, who embodies the Beatitudes. They will see what it means to be poor in spirit, gentle and merciful, to mourn, to care for what is right, to be pure in heart, to make peace, to be persecuted. He challenges them to go out into the world and preach the message of the Ten Commandments and the Beatitudes which speak of truth and goodness, and grace and freedom: of all that is necessary to enter Christ's Kingdom. Now it is their turn to be courageous apostles of that kingdom. | |
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