Date: Thursday, August 25, 2005
At the Concluding Mass for World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI called upon the faithful to participate regularly in Sunday Mass. “You will realize that this is what gives a proper focus to your free time,” the Pontiff said during the Mass held at Marienfeld near Cologne.
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Apart from this, he called on the more than one million youths in attendance to follow the faith of the Church. “Religion constructed on a 'do-it-yourself' basis cannot ultimately help us. It may be comfortable, but at times of crisis we are left to ourselves,” according to the Pope. The youth should also “form communities based on faith.” As examples, he cited the spiritual movements and communities that have developed in recent decades. Still, the Pontiff pointed out, it is important to maintain communion with the Pope and the bishops, lest believers seek “private paths” of their own.
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In conclusion, Benedict XVI also exhorted the youth to engage in active forms of charity. It is better “to be useful and at the disposal of others than to be concerned only with the comforts that are offered to us,” said the Pope. The youth should demonstrate that they want to commit themselves to building a better world.
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At the outset of the Mass, the Pope was welcomed by Joachim Cardinal Meisner: “You belong to the youth, and the youth belongs to you.” If a million persons gather together in Christ’s name, among them 10,000 priests and 800 bishops, then “we can touch, hear, and cannot fail to see Christ,” Meisner said.
At the Concluding Mass for World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI called upon the faithful to participate regularly in Sunday Mass. “You will realize that this is what gives a proper focus to your free time,” the Pontiff said during the Mass held at Marienfeld near Cologne.
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Apart from this, he called on the more than one million youths in attendance to follow the faith of the Church. “Religion constructed on a 'do-it-yourself' basis cannot ultimately help us. It may be comfortable, but at times of crisis we are left to ourselves,” according to the Pope. The youth should also “form communities based on faith.” As examples, he cited the spiritual movements and communities that have developed in recent decades. Still, the Pontiff pointed out, it is important to maintain communion with the Pope and the bishops, lest believers seek “private paths” of their own.
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In conclusion, Benedict XVI also exhorted the youth to engage in active forms of charity. It is better “to be useful and at the disposal of others than to be concerned only with the comforts that are offered to us,” said the Pope. The youth should demonstrate that they want to commit themselves to building a better world.
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At the outset of the Mass, the Pope was welcomed by Joachim Cardinal Meisner: “You belong to the youth, and the youth belongs to you.” If a million persons gather together in Christ’s name, among them 10,000 priests and 800 bishops, then “we can touch, hear, and cannot fail to see Christ,” Meisner said.
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