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World Youth Day is an extraordinary event. You are encountering Christ, not alone, but alone with millions of young people.

As we offer this gift of love, let us pray that our beloved dead will be found worthy to enter, not a temple made by human hands, but the heavenly temple, where Christ shines as the sun and where everyone and everything is seen in its truest form.

Yet, as we ponder what the Lord is asking of us, we should also remember how expensive was the price that the Lord paid for our redemption.

As we prepare for the forthcoming convention, let us invite the Lord of the Harvest to cultivate our hearts as we listen intently to his Word, spend some time in Eucharistic Adoration, avail ourselves of the Sacrament of Reconciliation, and seek the strength we will need over these coming days to advance the mission of the Order entrusted to our care.

Prayer and discernment are thus crucial in a pastor’s ministry, because, as we heard, in this world, good and evil grow up together, even in the field of the Church.

If there is anyone in whom the seed of the Word of God took root, it is Mary.