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Pope Benedict XVI

Pope St John Paul II . Sunday

Young pilgrims, Christ needs you to enlighten the world and to show it the “path to life” ( Psalm 16 ) The challenge is to make the Church’s “yes” to Life concrete and effective. The struggle will be long, and it needs each one of you. Place your intelligence, your talents, your enthusiasm, your compassion and your fortitude at the service of life !

At this stage of history, the liberating message of the Gospel of Life has been put into your hands. And the mission of proclaiming it to the ends of the earth is now passing to your generation.

The Church needs your energies, your enthusiasm, your youthful ideals, in order to make the Gospel of Life penetrate the fabric of society, transforming people’s hearts and the structures of society in order to create a civilization of true justice and love.

You young people .. know that the Truth is more powerful than darkness; that Love is stronger than death. I would like to invite each of you to listen careful to God’s voice in your heart. Listen to his voice. Do not be afraid.

Pope St John Paul II

Jesus is a Knight ?

Actor portraying Jesus is a Knight of Columbus . VID

I’m not the real Jesus, let’s just get that out of the way,” Jonathan Roumie said with a big grin as he addressed the March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., last January. “Real Jesus, TV Jesus,” he added, gesturing to the heavens above and then to himself as thousands of pro-life advocates cheered.

While there are few people who need to remind their audience that they are not actually the incarnate Son of God, Roumie might be excused for his chutzpah. After all, he portrays Jesus on the enormously successful TV series The Chosen. What began in 2019 as a crowdfunded effort has now completed three seasons and been streamed more than 500 million times worldwide.

Just a few months before sharing his powerful pro-life message on the National Mall, Roumie became a member of the Knights of Columbus. In May, during a break from filming on the set of The Chosen, he shared with Columbia about his Catholic faith, how it informs his acting career, and what it means to be a Knight.

Knights of Columbus . WEB

Eternal Life

“O my dear parishioners, let us endeavor to get to heaven! There we shall see God. How happy we shall be” – St. Jean Vianney:

“Our Lord does not come down from heaven every day to lie in a golden ciborium. He comes to find another heaven which is infinitely dearer to him—the heaven of our souls, created in his image, the living temples of the adorable Trinity.” – St. Therese of Lisieux

“There, good will shall be so ordered in us that we shall have no other desire than to remain there eternally.” – St. Augustine

You are not alone

I would like to invite each of you to listen careful to God’s voice in your heart. Listen to his voice. Do not be afraid. Do not be afraid. Open your hearts. Open up your hearts to Christ. The deepest joy there is in life is the joy that comes from God and is found in Jesus Christ the son of God. Jesus is the hope of yours. He is my hope. He is the hope of the world.

You are not alone. With you there are your families, there are your communities there are your priests and teachers. Never, ever give up on hope, never doubt never tire. Be not afraid.

It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness.
He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you.

Pope St John Paul II