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De italienske biskopene pr\u00f8ver \u00e5 arrangere et stort m\u00f8te hver sommer for \u00e5 samle og oppmuntre unge katolikker i landet. I \u00e5r ble m\u00f8tet avholdt i Loreto – i Le Marche, ved kysten nord-\u00f8st for Roma – n\u00e5 sist helg, og som jeg forst\u00e5r var det ganske vellykka. Bildet viser litt av forh\u00e5ndsreklamen, og sier at paven regner med \u00e5 se deg\/ venter deg.<\/p>\n
G\u00e5rsdagens tekster handla mye om ydmykhet, og paven knyttet dette til jomfru Maria, siden Loreto er en kjent Maria-pilgrimssted. Han sa bl.a.: This prospect indicated in Scriptures appears even more provocative today because of the culture and sensibility of contemporary man. The humble is considered one who has given up, a failure, someone who has nothing to say to the world.<\/p>\n On the contrary, this is the master way, and not only because humility is a great human virtue, but because, in the first place, it represents God\u2019s own way. It is the way chosen by Christ, the mediator of our New Covenant, who, appearing in human form, \u201chumbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even to the death of the cross(Phil 2,8).<\/p>\n Dear young people, I see in this Word of God on humility a message that is as important as it is relevant to you who wish to follow Christ and be part of his Church. The message is: do not follow the way of pride, but that of humility. <\/font><\/i> Go against the current: do not listen to interested and persuasive voices that, from many sides today, advocate life styles marked by arrogance and violence, arrogance and success at any cost, given to appearance and to possession to the detriment of being.<\/p>\n How many messages, which are reaching you especially through the mass media, are addressed to you! Be vigilant! Be critical! Do not be drawn into the wave produced by these powerful acts of persuasion.<\/p>\n Do not be afraid, dear friends, to prefer the \u2018alternative\u2019 ways indicated by true love: a life style that is moderate and fraternal; emotional relationships that are sincere and pure; an honest commitment to study and work; a profound interest in the common good.<\/p>\n Do not be afraid to appear different and to be criticized for what appears to be a losing cause or unfashionable.<\/p>\n Your contemporaries – but even adults – especially those who seem most remote from the mentality and the values of the Gospel, have a profound need to see someone who dares to live according to the fullness of humanity that was shown by Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n Dear friends, humility is not therefore a way of resignation but of courage. It is not the outcome of failure but the victory of love over selfishness, and grace over sin.Following Christ and imitating Mary, we should have the courage of humility. We should entrust ourselves humbly to God because only then can we become obedient instruments in his hands, allowing him to work great things in us.<\/font><\/i><\/p>\n
\nFrom this meeting of humility, Jesus was born, Son of God and Son of Man. \u201cThe greater thou art, the more humble thyself in all things, and thou shalt find grace before God\u201d, a passage from Ecclesiastes tells us (3,20); and Jesus, in today\u2019s Gospel, after the parable of teh wedding guests, concludes: \u201cFor every one who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted\u201d (Lk 14,11).<\/p>\n