Tommaso Spinelli, 23, a catechist of young catechumens who
works at the Catechetical Office of the Diocese of Rome, has some good things to say:
The new evangelization
needs substance: it needs catechesis of a certain depth that is able to say
something serious to our lives, but also and above all it needs lives of
substance that demonstrate through actions the solidity of the Christian. It is
even more important today, now that families are disunited and often abdicate
their educative role, that priests demonstrate to the young their faithfulness
to a vocation and the possibility of choosing an alternative way of living,
better than that proposed by society.
My concern however is that these figures
of substance are becoming a minority. The priest has lost trust in the
importance of his ministry, he has lost charisma and culture. I see priests who
adapt to the dominant thought. The same is true of the liturgy, which in the
attempt to become original becomes meaningless. Priests, I ask you to find the
courage to be yourselves. Do not fear because where you are truly priests,
there you propose the truth of the faith without fear, we the young will
follow. Indeed, the words of Peter are also ours: "Lord, to whom shall we go?
You have the message of eternal life". And we are infinitely hungry for
something eternal and true.
I therefore propose:
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