Before reciting the Angelus, Pope Francis met with young people participating in the World Youth Day in the Archdiocese of Córdoba, Argentina, and asked: Do you realize that you are preparing for a “World Cup”? The Pope wished them “a good game of football”, experiencing the unity that Jesus calls for among faces and cultures.
(Vatican News Network) “You get up like Mary and set off quickly to meet others.” Pope Francis received more than 40 young people from Cordoba, Argentina to Lisbon for the World Youth Day in the Vatican on July 16 At that time, I encouraged them with these words, echoing the theme of this World Youth Day: Maria got up and set off quickly. These Argentine youths are like other youths from all over the world, each with their own characteristics, but they all wear the same jacket, a “jacket of faith and charity, love of God and love of brothers and sisters”.
At the World Cup in Lisbon, everyone wins
The pope uses images of football games to illustrate the experience these young people are about to live: “Do you realize that you are preparing for a ‘World Cup’?” The “World Cup” in Lisbon is a gathering of friendship and everyone is a winner .
“This is because when we come out of ourselves and meet others, when we share with each other, that is, when we give what we have and accept what others offer us, when we reject no one, each of us is All winners, together we can lift the “cup of fraternity”. How much our time needs it!”
Witness to many other lost youth
Many of our Christian predecessors set the example and left their footprints in Rome, telling us that football games for Jesus are played to the last minute, that there are no distractions, and that in order to win the game, “teamwork” is necessary. The “World Cup” of World Youth Day will be a great opportunity for young people to be enriched by many different faces, cultures and experiences.
“More importantly, you will deeply feel the promise of Jesus: may we be one so that the world may believe (cf. Jn 17:21). In many other situations where life is meaningless or lost It will help you bear witness to the joy of the Gospel.”
The pope concluded by saying: “I wish you a good game. … See you in Lisbon.”
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2023-07-17 12:26:11
