The Apostolic Exhortation "Christus Vivit" (Christ Lives) by Pope Francis was released on March 25, 2019 just in time as this week we celebrate Pope Saint John Paul II who departed to God on April 2, 2005. In it, Pope Francis reflects on the meaning to be young and takes the example of Christ himself to remind us that we should never become sterile in the service of Him who served everyone, accepted death so that everyone may have life of eternal joy with Him, and rose from the dead to bring us to heaven.
Most impressive to me was Francis' reflection: As a Church, may we never fail to weep before these tragedies of our young. May we never become inured to them, for anyone incapable of tears cannot be a mother. We want to weep so that society itself can be more of a mother, so that in place of killing it can learn to give birth, to become a promise of life. We weep when we think of all those young people who have already lost their lives due to poverty and violence, and we ask society to learn to be a caring mother. None of this pain goes away; it stays with us, because the harsh reality can no longer be concealed. The worst thing we can do is adopt that worldly spirit whose solution is simply to anaesthetize young people with other messages, with other distractions, with trivial pursuits.
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