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Pilgrims of Hope: Your Life Is a Gift to the World!
The Spirit surprises us once again! We celebrate the election of Pope Leo XIV, the new Bishop of Rome, coming from Chicago, USA. With gratitude, we welcome his call to be a “good shepherd in the style of Jesus” — right on this Good Shepherd Sunday, 2025. A day to lovingly remember the pontificate of Pope Francis — whom we still miss — and his historic message from the Gemelli Polyclinic, published on March 19, the feast of Saint Joseph.
“Many young people feel lost about the future”
Pope Francis said it clearly: job insecurity, identity crises, and digital noise cloud the path for new generations. But God does not remain silent: “You are loved, called, and sent!” In a world of wars and algorithms, Christ repeats to us: “Your life is not a ‘meantime’… you are God’s now!” (Christus Vivit, 178)
Missionary vocation is EVERYONE’S responsibility
For you, young people:
Be protagonists with the Holy Spirit. “Look at the young saints and blesseds who responded joyfully to the Lord’s call: Saint Rose of Lima, Saint Dominic Savio, Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Carlo Acutis, and Pier Giorgio Frassati. Each of them lived their vocation as a path to true happiness, in relationship with the living Jesus.”
For the Church:
Let us accompany boldly, like guides who listen and trust in “God’s dream for every young person.” Every vocation — lay, ordained, or consecrated — is a ray of hope.
From the Quebec Foreign Mission Society:
We challenge you: proclaim with fire that “Christ is alive and wants you ALIVE!” As Pope Francis said: “Hope in God does not disappoint. He guides each step of those who entrust themselves to Him.”
3 Keys to Being a Pilgrim of Hope
1. Listen in silence:
What is God dreaming for you? Turn off the noise. Mission is born in silence. “The world needs young people who are pilgrims of hope, brave enough to dedicate their lives to Christ and full of joy just to be his missionary-disciples.”
2. Serve at the margins:
Bring light where it hurts most. Love is measured in concrete sacrifice! “The Church needs pastors, religious, missionaries, and couples who know how to say ‘yes’ to the Lord with trust and hope.”
3. Walk in community:
No one responds alone. “Vocation grows where there is a community that believes, loves, and hopes.” Vocation is never a treasure to keep locked in the heart.
- In what existential periphery (physical or spiritual) do you feel Christ calling you to be salt, light, and leaven?
- How can you make your daily life — studies, work, friendships, recreation — a gift of love filled with hope?
The Church needs your fire. The world longs for your hope.
Ready to be a pilgrim and missionary of hope?
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