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Top 10 Quotes of Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day 2002

Pope John Paul II delivered an address to youth at World Youth Day 2002, where he shared 10 quotes focused on faith in Jesus Christ and spreading his light to others. Some of the key messages included that true joy comes from obedience to God and selfless service, Jesus alone can build one's existence upon, and young people hold the future in their hearts to help build a civilization of love. He encouraged the youth to let Christ's light shine through them and not be afraid to follow God's call.

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Top 10 Quotes of Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day 2002

Pope John Paul II delivered an address to youth at World Youth Day 2002, where he shared 10 quotes focused on faith in Jesus Christ and spreading his light to others. Some of the key messages included that true joy comes from obedience to God and selfless service, Jesus alone can build one's existence upon, and young people hold the future in their hearts to help build a civilization of love. He encouraged the youth to let Christ's light shine through them and not be afraid to follow God's call.

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Top 10 Quotes of Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day 2002

1. People are made for happiness. Rightly, then, you thirst for happiness. Christ has the
answer to this desire of yours. But he asks you to trust him. True joy is a victory, something
which cannot be obtained without a long and difficult struggle. Christ holds the secret of this
victory. (Welcoming Address, 2)
2. The joy promised by the Beatitudes is the very joy of Jesus himself: a joy sought and found
in obedience to the Father and in the gift of self to others. By looking at Jesus you will
learn what it means to be poor in spirit, meek and merciful; what it means to seek justice, to be
pure in heart, to be peacemakers. (Welcoming Address, 4, 5)
3. To believe in Jesus is to accept what he says, even when it runs contrary to what others are
saying. It means rejecting the lure of sin, however attractive it may be, in order to set out on the
difficult path of the Gospel virtues. (Welcoming Address, 7)
4. Christ alone is the cornerstone on which it is possible solidly to build ones existence. Only
Christ known, contemplated and loved is the faithful friend who never lets us down, who
becomes our travelling companion, and whose words warm our hearts (cf. Lk 24:13-35).
(Downsview Address, 3)
5. The future is in your hearts and in your hands. God is entrusting to you the task, at once
difficult and uplifting, of working with him in the building of the civilization of love.
(Downsview Address, 4)
6. Dear young people, let yourselves be taken over by the light of Christ, and spread that light
wherever you are. (Downsview Address, 5)
7. Why have you come together from all parts of the world? To say in your hearts: Lord, to
whom shall we go? Who has the words of eternal life? You have the words of eternal life (Jn
6,68). Jesus the intimate friend of every young person has the words of life. (Closing
Homily, 3)
8. The world you are inheriting is a world which desperately needs a new sense of brotherhood
and human solidarity. It is a world which needs to be touched and healed by the beauty and
richness of Gods love. (Closing Homily, 3)
9. There are many priests, seminarians and consecrated persons here today; be close to them
and support them! And if, in the depths of your hearts, you feel the same call to the priesthood or
consecrated life, do not be afraid to follow Christ on the royal road of the Cross! (Closing
Homily, 5)
10. We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Fathers love for
us and our real capacity to become the image of his Son. (Closing Homily, 5)

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