{"id":6727,"date":"2021-11-22T13:51:49","date_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/pope-francis-tells-young-people-dream-and-take-bite-out-life-jesus-their\/"},"modified":"2021-11-22T13:51:49","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T18:51:49","slug":"pope-francis-tells-young-people-dream-and-take-bite-out-life-jesus-their","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diocesemontreal.wp.vortexdev.com\/en\/news\/news-2\/pope-francis-tells-young-people-dream-and-take-bite-out-life-jesus-their\/","title":{"rendered":"Pope Francis tells young people to dream and take a bite out of life with Jesus in their heart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From Vatican News<\/a>
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\nIn his homily <\/a>during the celebration of Holy Mass on the Solemnity of Our Lord Christ the King, and on the occasion of diocesan World Youth Day (WYD), Pope Francis took his cue from the day\u2019s readings.<\/p>\n\n

The Pope noted that in the Revelation of Saint John and foreshadowed by the prophet Daniel in the first reading, are the words, \u201cHe is coming with the clouds.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

The second image is that of the Gospel: Christ who stands before Pilate and tells him: \u201cI am a king\u201d.
\nReflecting on these two phrases, the Pope began by encouraging young people to \u201cstop and think about these two images of Jesus, as they journey towards the 2023 World Youth Day in Lisbon.
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\nThe Pope noted that the first image: Jesus who comes with the clouds, evokes Christ\u2019s coming in glory at the end of time. \u201cIt makes us realize\u201d said Pope Francis \u201cthat the final word on our life will belong to Jesus.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

\u201cHe comes \u2018with the clouds\u2019 to reassure us,’\u201d said the Pope.  \u201cAs if to say: \u2018I will not leave you alone when storms gather over your life.  I am always with you.  I come to bring back the bright sky.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n

The prophet Daniel, on the other hand, noted Pope Francis, \u201ctells us that he saw the Lord coming with the clouds as he \u2018watched in the night visions.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n

The Pope encouraged young people to \u201cwatch in the night visions.\u201d  \u201cIn other words, let your eyes remain bright even amid the darkness.  Never stop seeking the light amid whatever darkness we may bear in our hearts or see all around us,” he said.<\/p>\n\n

Make Jesus your life’s dream<\/strong>
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\nPope Francis told young people they had been \u201centrusted with an exciting but also a challenging task: to stand tall while everything around us seems to be collapsing; to be sentinels prepared to see the light in night visions; to be builders amid the ruins; to be capable of dreaming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

He also told them that everyone is grateful to them when they dream, because \u201cwhen you make Jesus your life\u2019s dream, and you embrace him with joy and a contagious enthusiasm, this does us good,” the Pope said.
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\nThank you, continued Pope Francis, \u201cbecause in a world that thinks only of present gain, that tends to stifle grand ideals, you have not lost the ability to dream.  This helps us adults, and the Church as well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Dwelling on the second image: Jesus who says to Pilate: \u201cI am a king\u201d, the Pope described how we are\u201d struck by Jesus\u2019 determination, his courage, his supreme freedom.\u201d  \u201cJesus did not hide his identity, he did not mask his intentions, or take advantage of the opening that even Pilate had left for him,\u201d Pope Francis said.<\/p>\n\n

\u201cWith the courage born of truth, he answered: \u2018I am a king\u2019.  He took responsibility for his own life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

By following Jesus and being inwardly free, said the Pope, we see life \u201cas it really is\u201d, and are not deceived \u201cby the fashions of the moment and the displays of consumerism that dazzle but also deaden.\u201d  Friends, he added, \u201cwe are not here to be enchanted by the sirens of the world, but to take our lives in hand, to \u2018take a bite out of life\u2019, in order to live it to the full.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

\u201cIn this way, with the freedom of Jesus, \u201cwe find the courage we need to swim against the current.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

Concluding his homily, Pope Francis urged young people to continue dreaming, even when they get older;  to be \u201cfree and authentic, be the critical conscience of society.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n

\u201cBe passionate about truth, he said, \u201cso that, with your dreams, you can say: \u201cMy life is not captive to the mindset of the world: I am free, because I reign with Jesus for justice, love and peace.\u201d  <\/p>\n\n