Vatican City, 31 March 2014 (VIS) –
This morning, in the the Sala Clementina of the Vatican Apostolic
Palace, the Holy Father met with the participants in the General
Chapter of the Salesian Society of St. John Bosco, which will take as
its theme “Witnesses of Gospel Radicalism”. “When one thinks of
working for the good of souls, one overcomes the temptation of
spiritual worldliness, and one does not seek other things, only God
and His Kingdom. Temperance is a sense of moderation, of acceptance,
a simple life”.
The Pope highlighted their work with
the young and remarked that the experience of Don Bosco and his
“preventative system” helped them in their commitment to living
with them. “It is necessary to prepare the young to work in society
in the spirit of the Gospel as workers for justice and peace, and to
live as agents of the Church. … The presence of the community among
them is marked by the tenderness that Don Bosco called
'amorevolezza', kindness, experimenting with new languages, but being
well aware that the language of the heart is the fundamental language
for being close to them and becoming their friends”.
Before concluding Francis spoke about
the vocational dimension and mentioned that next year, which will be
dedicated to consecrated life, will be a good opportunity to present
the beauty of vocations to the young. Likewise, he gave thanks to God
for the fact that they work “not as isolated individuals, but as a
community supports the entire apostolate” and encouraged them to
revive the charisma of their Founder, the bicentenary of whose birth
will be celebrated soon.
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