Vatican City, 30 June 2014 (VIS) – On
Saturday afternoon, in the Lourdes Grotto in the Vatican Gardens, the
Pope met with a group of young people from the diocese of Rome
embarking on a vocational journey. “This visit to the Virgin is
very important in our lives”, he said. “She accompanies us also
in our definitive choice, the vocational choice, as she accompanied
her Son on his vocational path which was so hard and so painful”.
“When a Christian says to me, not
that he does not love the Virgin, but rather that it does not come to
mind to look to the Virgin or to pray to the Virgin, I feel sad”,
he said, adding that “a Christian without the Virgin is an orphan.
A Christian needs these two women, these two mothers, two virgin
women: the Church and Our Lady. And to 'test' a true Christian
vocation, it is necessary to ask oneself, 'how is my relationship
with these two Mothers?”.
The Pontiff went on to remark that in
today's provisional culture, care must be taken not to lose sight of
the definitive. “We are afraid of the definitive. And to choose a
vocation, any vocation, including vocations that involve a 'state'
such as marriage, consecrated life, the priesthood, one must choose
with a view to the definitive. This is contrary to the culture of the
provisional. It is a part of the culture in which we must live in
this time, but we must live through this and conquer it”.
In conclusion, the Pope encouraged all
present to sing the “Salve Regina” and imparted his blessing to
all the young people and their families, asking them to pray for him.
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