FAITH-IN-ACTION

Anyone who has discovered Christ must lead others to him. A great joy cannot be kept to oneself. It has to be passed on…

Today, there are many forms of voluntary assistance, models of mutual service, of which our society has urgent need. We must not, for example, abandon the elderly to their solitude, we must not pass by when we meet people who are suffering. If we think and live according to our communion with Christ, then our eyes will be opened. Then we will no longer be content to scrape a living just for ourselves, but we will see where and how we are needed.

Living and acting thus, we will soon realize that it is much better to be useful and at the disposal of others than to be concerned only with the comforts that are offered to us.

Pope Benedict XVI
On the Occasion of the XX World Youth Day
Eucharistic Celebration/Homily
Cologne - Marienfeld
21 August 2005

Confirmation Service Activities