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(At his Meeting With the Youth at the University of Sto. Tomas grounds on

Sunday morning, Pope Francis departed from his prepared tet. !e addressedthe young peop"e in Spanish, #ith his trans"ator from the Secretariat of State,

Msgr. Mar$ Mi"es, providing the %ng"ish trans"ation. &e"o# is the fu"" tet of that

trans"ated spontaneous address.'

Dear Young Friends,

"hen # speak spontaneously # do it in $panish% &ecause # don't know the (nglish

language. )ay # do it* +hank you ,ery much. +his Fr )ark% a good translator.

First of all% a sad piece of news. esterday% as )ass was a&out to start% a piece ofscaolding fell and% upon falling% hit a young woman who was working in the

area and she died. er name is 0ristel. $he worked for the organisation

preparing for that )ass. $he was 2 years old% young like yoursel,es. $he

worked for 3atholic 4elief $er,ices as a ,olunteer. # would like all of you who are

young like her to pray for a moment in silence with me and then we will pray to

5ur )other in ea,en. 6et us pray.

7 ro,ided &y #nterAksyon

rays ail )ary;

6et us also pray for her parents. $he was an only child. er mother is coming

from ong 0ong and her father is here in )anila.

rays 5ur Father;

#t is a


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&eing open to the lo,e that comes to you. +he lo,e that surprises us. #f you only

ha,e information you are not surprised. 6o,e surprises &ecause it opens a

dialogue of lo,ing and &eing lo,ed. od is a od of surprise &ecause e lo,ed us

Erst. od awaits us to surprise us. 6et us allow oursel,es to &e surprised &y od.

6et us not ha,e a computer psychology that makes us think we know it all. Allanswers on computers - &ut no surprises. +he challenge of lo,e. od re,eals

himself through surprises.

+hink of $t )atthew. e was a good &anker. But he let people down &ecause he

imposed taxes against his own people to gi,e to the 4omans. e was full of

money. ?esus passed &y% looked at him and said: @Follow me. e couldn't

&elie,e it. #t you ha,e the opportunity% see 3ara,aggio's picture of him. ?esus

calls him and those around say: @im* e &etrayed usJ e is no goodJ e hoards

moneyJ But the surprise of &eing lo,ed o,ercomes him. +he day when )atthew

left home for work% saying good&ye to his wife% he couldn't imagine he wouldcome home without money and ha,e to prepare a feast for the one who lo,ed

him Erst. od surprised )atthew more than the money he had. Allow yoursel,es

to &e surprised &y od. =on't &e afraid of surprises. +hey shake the ground

&eneath our feet and make us insecure% &ut they mo,e us forward in the right

direction.

Avoid being 'young museums'

4eal lo,e allows you to spend yoursel,es% to lea,e your pockets empty. +hink of

$t Francis who died with empty hands and empty pockets &ut with a full heart.

4emem&er: no young museums% and wise young people. +o &e wise use three

languages: think well% feel well and do well. And to &e wise allow yoursel,es to

&e surprised &y the lo,e of od. +hat will guarantee a good life.

4ikki came up with a good plan for what we can do in life with all young people's

acti,ities.

+hank you% 4ikki% for what you and your friends do. #'d like to ask you a Cuestion:

you and your friends help others &ut do you allow yoursel,es to recei,e* Answerin your heart.

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something ,ery important: you lack one thing. 6et us listen to this word in

silence: you lack only one thing. 4epeats

"hat is it that # lack* +o all of you who ?esus lo,es so much% # ask you: do you

allow others to gi,e you from their riches to you who ha,e not* +he $adducees%

=octors of the 6aw% in the time of ?esus% ga,e much to the people% they taught

the people the law% &ut they ne,er allowed the people to gi,e them something.

?esus had to come to allow himself to feel compassion and to &e lo,ed.

ow many young people among you are like this* ou know how to gi,e and yet

you ha,e ne,er learned how to recei,e. ou still lack one thing. Become a

&eggar. +his is what you still lack. 6earn how to &eg. +his isn't easy to

understand. +o learn how to &eg. +o learn how to recei,e with humility. +o learn

to &e e,angeli>ed &y the poor% &y those we help% the sick% orphans% they ha,e so

much to gi,e us. a,e # learned how to &eg* 5r am # self-suIcient* =o # think #need nothing* =o you know you too are poor* =o you know your own po,erty

and your need to recei,e* =o you let yoursel,es &e e,angeli>ed &y those you

ser,e* +his is what helps you mature in your commitment to gi,e to others.

6earn how to open your hand from your ,ery own po,erty.

+here are some points # ha,e prepared. +he Erst% # already told you: to learn how

to lo,e and to learn how to &e lo,ed. +here is a challenge which is a challenge

of us. +his is not only &ecause your country more than many others is likely to

&e seriously aected &y climate change. +here is the challenge% the concern for

the en,ironment. And Enally% there is the challenge for the poor% to lo,e the

poor% with your &ishops. =o you think of the poor* =o you feel with the poor* =o

you do something for the poor* =o you ask the poor to gi,e you the wisdom

they ha,e*

+his is what # wish to tell you all today. $orry if # ha,en't read what # prepared for

you &ut there is a phrase that consoles me: that reality is superior to ideas. +he

reality that you ha,e is superior to the paper # ha,e in front of me. +hank you

,ery much. ray for meJ

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