"We are at a time when many ashamed to say Catholics, many also take into hate God, faith, revelation, worship and its ministers, mingle all their rhetoric with mocking unbelief, deny everything and turn everything into ridicule and sarcasm, do not even respect the sanctuary of conscience. "These words so heavy that the great Pope St. Pius X addressed to the French in 1908, show, still on this earth where God has put so much love, a reality so heavy and so lamentable, but sadly more relevant than ever . And yet, when the collective disbelief and ingratitude of Western society eat the souls with a ferocity, when religious indifference or even scandalous discrimination against the Catholic Church stifles Voice of Truth, when hostility, hatred, rejection, scurrilous and untrue allegations plaguing the Church, the mystical body of Christ, exposing again the Cross, on the pillory, humiliation and of shame, the Holy Spirit, Our Lord and Liberator Comforter sent by the Father, works as always, with His divine all-powerful vitality in the heart of his young children. Yes, as Our Lord reassured us, "Father, until now, is still at work, and I too am working. (John 5, 17) "The pilgrimage of youth from the four dioceses of Lorraine is nothing but a dazzling work of God, which shines in the divine gift of Hope! At Lourdes, the blessed city where God has shown us clearly and constantly, through our Blessed Mother Celeste, his abundant Mercy, the admirable enthusiasm it has generated in these young people today is genuine warmth of the miraculous healing invasive in our Holy Church. These kids are looking, they try so hard the true sense, the true value, the authenticity of their lives, they are thirsty, thirsty for the Truth that could illuminate their hearts and make them grow, they are filled with desire, desire to live, desire to express the desire to testify ...
Many say that our Church is aging, but she is not old, She n has no reason to age, because it is animated by the Spirit who gives life! If youth disappears in our churches, perhaps we ourselves are moving away from their world, and our heart is more sensitive to their eyes and their expectations.
Many say that our Church is in crisis of vocation, but the Lord is calling! He never stopped calling, because He is concerned for his sheep, he wants many holy pastors, devout and faithful, who watch over his people, if indeed His appeal is no longer heard, we, his spokesmen, carry- we still the same fervor and the same boldness that Our Lord and his people expect of us?
Five days surrounded by these young pilgrims Lorraine, fascinated by their joy, their zeal, their courage and hope, my humble apprentice who travels to the priesthood, I really see a sign from heaven!
