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Messages of the Holy Father

to the Youth of the World


Message of John Paul II on
the Occasion of the XVII World Youth Day
(Toronto 18-28 July 2002)
"You are the salt of the earth...
You are the light of the world" (Mt 5:13-14)

Dear Young People!

I have vivid memories of the wonderful moments we shared in Rome during the Jubilee of the Year 2000, when you came on pilgrimage to the Tombs of the Apostles Peter and Paul. In long silent lines you passed through the Holy Door and prepared to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation; then the Evening Vigil and Morning Mass at Tor Vergata were moments of intense spirituality and a deep experience of the Church; with renewed faith, you went home to undertake the mission I entrusted to you: to become, at the dawn of the new millennium, fearless witnesses to the Gospel...

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Previous messages of John Paul II on

the Occasion of the World Youth Days

2000 (XV)
  "The Word became flesh, and dwelt..." (Jn 1,14)
1997 (XII)
  "Teacher, where are you staying?" (cf. Jn 1:38.39)
1994/5 (IX-X)
  "As the Father sent me so I send you" (Jn 20:21)
1993 (VIII)
  "I came that they may have life..." (Jn 10:10)
1991 (VI)
  "You have received a spirit of sonship" (Rm 8:15)
1989 (IV)
  "I am the way, the truth ..." (John 14,6)

 

 

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