It is Jesus

It is Jesus that you seek when you dream of happiness; He is waiting for you when nothing else you find satisfies you; He is the beauty to which you are so attracted; it is He who provoked you with that thirst for fullness that will not let you settle for compromise; it is He who urges you to shed the masks of a false life; it is He who reads in your hearts you most genuine choices, the choices that others try to stifle.

It is Jesus who stirs in you the desire to do something great with your lives, the will to follow an ideal, the refusal to allow yourselves to be ground down by mediocrity, the courage to commit yourselves humbly and patiently to improving yourselves and society, making the world more human and more fraternal.

-Pope John Paul II at World Youth Day, Rome 2000 (quoted in Theology of the Body for Teens, Ascension Press, p 14)

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Winging It said…
Oooh! My husband is waiting & I have to run & my contacts are sticking to my eyes! This is perfect for my son's fiance' right now - I just emialed it! THANK YOU! I will elaborate later!


AND I am so praying for you right now! But, I will say that if you thirst - He WILLL fill you up!!!!

peace and prayers!
Maria
March 25, 2009 at 9:39 PM
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