At 12:10pm today (6:10am EST), in the Consistory Hall at the Vatican Apostolic Palace, the Holy Father, Pope Francis received in audience a representative group of young people from Catholic Action with whom he exchanged Christmas greetings.
Dear young men and women from Catholic Action (Acierre)
It is always nice to meet you at Christmastime - to hear one, two, three! -. I greet you with affection. I also greet those who accompany you: the National President of Italian Catholic Action, Doctor Matteo Truffelli, the Assistant General, Monsignor Gualtiero Sigismondi, your educators and all those who collaborate at the national level. It is a gift of God, for which we are always thankful, the fact of having adults, priests and laity, who are so concerned with your human and Christian formation; and therefore you must pray for them, so that they may have wisdom and patience to provide this service well!
I know that this year your formation journey is centred on the theme of the encounter between Jesus and the two sisters Martha and Mary of Bethany, as narrated by the evangelist Luke. Starting with this episode, you and the other children from all the Italian dioceses are rediscovering the call to be friends of Jesus, to know him better and better, to meet him every day in prayer, in order to be his missionaries. It is about communicating a beautiful proclamation, a message of salvation ... to your peers, and also to adults. And what is this message? May we all be loved by the Lord: this is the true and great, good news that God has given to the world with the coming of his Son Jesus among us. All of us are loved by the Lord. He loves us! All together and one by one. This is nice!
I am happy that, together with your formative journey, you always carry forward a gesture, an initiative of charity. This year is intended to support the right to food and the dignity of those who work the land. I really appreciate this choice, and I encourage it.
And then I thank you for your gift that will go to the Apostolic Almsgiver, something that is very useful, that is to say, these products will be used for the personal hygiene of many poor people. Thanks for thinking about this!
Dear children, once again this Christmas, Jesus wants to be born in you, in your heart; he wants to give you the true joy that no one can take away from you. And you, offer this joy to other boys and girls who live in situations of suffering, moments of difficulty, especially those you see who are more lonely and perhaps mistreated. Be generous channels of goodness and welcome with all of them, to build a more fraternal, more supportive, more Christian world.
I wish you a happy and holy Christmas, to you, to your families and to all members of Action Catholic. With all my heart, I bless you and I ask you please to pray for me. Don't forget, please. Thank you!
Greetings of the Holy Father, Pope Francis
offered to youth from Catholic Action
Dear young men and women from Catholic Action (Acierre)
It is always nice to meet you at Christmastime - to hear one, two, three! -. I greet you with affection. I also greet those who accompany you: the National President of Italian Catholic Action, Doctor Matteo Truffelli, the Assistant General, Monsignor Gualtiero Sigismondi, your educators and all those who collaborate at the national level. It is a gift of God, for which we are always thankful, the fact of having adults, priests and laity, who are so concerned with your human and Christian formation; and therefore you must pray for them, so that they may have wisdom and patience to provide this service well!
I know that this year your formation journey is centred on the theme of the encounter between Jesus and the two sisters Martha and Mary of Bethany, as narrated by the evangelist Luke. Starting with this episode, you and the other children from all the Italian dioceses are rediscovering the call to be friends of Jesus, to know him better and better, to meet him every day in prayer, in order to be his missionaries. It is about communicating a beautiful proclamation, a message of salvation ... to your peers, and also to adults. And what is this message? May we all be loved by the Lord: this is the true and great, good news that God has given to the world with the coming of his Son Jesus among us. All of us are loved by the Lord. He loves us! All together and one by one. This is nice!
I am happy that, together with your formative journey, you always carry forward a gesture, an initiative of charity. This year is intended to support the right to food and the dignity of those who work the land. I really appreciate this choice, and I encourage it.
And then I thank you for your gift that will go to the Apostolic Almsgiver, something that is very useful, that is to say, these products will be used for the personal hygiene of many poor people. Thanks for thinking about this!
Dear children, once again this Christmas, Jesus wants to be born in you, in your heart; he wants to give you the true joy that no one can take away from you. And you, offer this joy to other boys and girls who live in situations of suffering, moments of difficulty, especially those you see who are more lonely and perhaps mistreated. Be generous channels of goodness and welcome with all of them, to build a more fraternal, more supportive, more Christian world.
I wish you a happy and holy Christmas, to you, to your families and to all members of Action Catholic. With all my heart, I bless you and I ask you please to pray for me. Don't forget, please. Thank you!
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