Pope sends message of encouragement to young people at
Taizé Meeting
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Pope Francis has sent a message to young people from across
Europe who are attending the annual Taizé Community Meeting for Young Adults
taking place in Basel. He focussed on the need to promote a culture of
encounter and to pursue the path of Christian unity.
By Linda Bordoni
Pope Francis has sent a message of
blessing and encouragement to the thousands of young people gathered in the
Swiss city of Basel for the Taizé Community’s annual European
Meeting of Young Adults.
In the message, signed by Vatican Secretary of State
Cardinal Pietro , the Pope exhorts participants to spread the joy of the gospel
and to stay connected to the Lord by praying and listening to his Word so that
he may help them develop their talents in order to promote a culture of
encounter.
The Pope also recalled the marking, in 2017, of the 500th anniversary
of the Reformation and invited the young people to continue to be
enriched by the diversity of the gifts given to all disciples of Christ and to
show the world that the Gospel unites all Christians beyond the wounds
of their divisions.
Please find below the working translation of the Pope’s
message:
Dear young people,
You have come from all over Europe to Basel which is at the
crossroads of Switzerland, France and Germany, to participate in the 40th
European Meeting organized and animated by the Community of Taizé.
Theme of Meeting
You are driven by the desire to deepen, together, the true
sources of joy. And ‘joy’ is the theme that will guide your reflections and
enlighten your prayer.
In this perspective, Pope Francis wants to assure you of his
great spiritual closeness. Indeed, as he wrote in the Apostolic Exhortation
‘Evangelii Gaudium’: “The joy of the gospel fills the hearts and lives of
those who meet Jesus. Those who let themselves be saved by him are free from
sin, sadness, inner emptiness, isolation. With Jesus Christ joy is born and
reborn forever”.
The Holy Father is delighted to know that you have chosen to
participate in this meeting to welcome and deepen the message of Jesus which is
a source of joy for all those who open their hearts to him. And he thanks you
for responding to the call of the Lord who brings you together in the joy of
his love.
Culture of mercy
The Pope encourages you to live in this joy that comes from
your friendship with Jesus that never closes us to others or to the suffering
of this world. And he invites you to stay connected with the Lord, by praying
and listening to his Word, so that he may help you develop your talents in
order to “promote a culture of mercy based on the rediscovery
of encounter with others, a culture in which no one looks at another with
indifference or turns away from the suffering of our brothers and
sisters.”(Apostolic Letter Misericordia et misera, n.20).
Culture of encounter
The 500th anniversary of the Reformation was marked during
the course of the just-ended year, and the Pope asks the Holy Spirit to help
you, young Protestants, Catholics and Orthodox, to rejoice and to enrich each
other with the diversity of the gifts given to all disciples of Christ, and to
show that the joy of the Gospel unites us beyond the wounds of our divisions.
He also encourages you not to be afraid to walk the paths of brotherhood so that
your meeting in Basel will make visible the joyful communion that springs from
the source of the overflowing heart of the Lord.
By entrusting yourselves to the Lord, so that you can sing
with the Virgin Mary the marvels of his love which is the source of joy, the
Holy Father bestows his heartfelt blessing upon you, young people participating
in this meeting, upon the Brothers of Taizé as well as upon all those in
Switzerland, France and Germany who welcome you.
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of His Holiness
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