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We need SAINTS
Pope Francis @ World Youth Day 2013
We Need Saints!
We need saints without cassocks, without veils,
we need saints with jeans and tennis shoes.
We need saints who go to the movies and 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 but not swallowed by it.
We need saints that drink Coca-Cola and eat hot dogs,
that surf the internet and listen to their iPods.
We need saints who love the Eucharist,
that are not afraid or embarrassed to eat a pizza or drink a beer with their friends.
We need saints who love to blog, to dance, to play sports, create theatre.
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 indifferent or mundane.
We need saints!
Pope Francis @ World Youth Day 2013
