Build your lives on the rock of Christ, Pope tells youth

September 22, 2014

At the conclusion of outdoor Mass in the Albanian capital of Tirana, Pope Francis delivered a brief Angelus address in which he called upon the nation’s youth to build their lives on the rock of Christ.

“They say that Albania is the most youthful country of Europe, and I address you in particular,” Pope Francis said. “I invite you to build your lives on Jesus Christ: the one who builds on Christ builds on rock, because he is always faithful, even if we sometimes lack faith. Jesus knows us better than anyone else; when we sin, he does not condemn us but rather says to us, ‘Go and sin no more.’”

“With the power of the Gospel and the example of your ancestors, of your martyrs, you know how to say ‘No’ to the idolatry of money, ‘No’ to the false freedom of individualism, ‘No’ to addiction and to violence; you also know how to say ‘Yes’ to a culture of encounter and of solidarity, ‘Yes’ to the beauty that is inseparable from the good and the true; ‘Yes’ to a life lived with great enthusiasm and at the same time faithful in little things,” he added.

 

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Further information:

• Prayer of the Angelus Domini (Tirana, 21 September 2014)
• Pope's Angelus Address at Conclusion of Mass in Tirana (Zenit)