This past Wednesday we had a full day retreat for the incoming Grade 9's at St. Michael Catholic Secondary School. The retreat day ended with a Mass for the Students and their Parents / Families
In the Homily I asked the Students Questions like:Do you like to wear Jeans?
Wear Tennis/Running Shoes?
Do you like to eat Pizza Hot Dogs or
drink Coke or other Pop?
Listen to your iPod? Go to the Movies?
Do you like to Dance? Like playing sports?Then I used a quote that has been attributed to Pope Francis
from World Youth Day - but in fact it seems to have been circulating around the Internet for a few years. Some think it might even have originated with Pope John Paul II.
We need saints without cassocks, without veils.
We need saints with jeans and tennis shoes.
We need saints that go to the movies
that listen to music,
We need saints with jeans and tennis shoes.
We need saints that go to the movies
that listen to music,
that hang out with their friends.
We need saints that place God in first place
ahead of succeeding in any career.
We need saints that look for time to pray every day
and who know how to be in love
with purity, chastity and all good things.
We need saints - saints for the 21st century
with a spirituality appropriate to our new time.
We need saints that have a commitment
to helping the poor and to make the needed social change.
We need saints to live in the world,
to sanctify the world and to not be afraid
of living in the world by their presence in it.
We need saints that drink Coca-Cola, that eat hot dogs,
that surf the internet and that listen to their iPods.
We need saints that love the Eucharist,
that are not afraid or embarrassed to eat a pizza
or [have a pop] with their friends.
We need saints who love the movies, dance, sports, theater.
We need saints that are open sociable normal happy companions.
We need saints who are in this world
and who know how to enjoy the best in this world
without being callous or mundane.
Regardless of who said it, we do indeed need saints for the 21st century – and we can be those saints!
Peace
We need saints that place God in first place
ahead of succeeding in any career.
We need saints that look for time to pray every day
and who know how to be in love
with purity, chastity and all good things.
We need saints - saints for the 21st century
with a spirituality appropriate to our new time.
We need saints that have a commitment
to helping the poor and to make the needed social change.
We need saints to live in the world,
to sanctify the world and to not be afraid
of living in the world by their presence in it.
We need saints that drink Coca-Cola, that eat hot dogs,
that surf the internet and that listen to their iPods.
We need saints that love the Eucharist,
that are not afraid or embarrassed to eat a pizza
or [have a pop] with their friends.
We need saints who love the movies, dance, sports, theater.
We need saints that are open sociable normal happy companions.
We need saints who are in this world
and who know how to enjoy the best in this world
without being callous or mundane.
Regardless of who said it, we do indeed need saints for the 21st century – and we can be those saints!
Peace
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