"For the human person grows, matures and becomes more mature and sanctified the more he enters into relationship, when he goes out of himself in order to live in communion with God, with others and with all creatures. Thus it assumes in its own existence that Trinitarian dynamism which God has imprinted on it since its creation. Everything is connected, and this invites us to mature a spirituality of global solidarity that springs from the mystery of the Trinity". (LS' 240)

"The Mother of the Lord is a model of young people on the move, not immobile in front of the mirror contemplating their own image or "caught" in the nets. She was totally outward-looking. She is the paschal woman, in a permanent state of exodus, of going out of herself towards the great Other who is God and towards others, the brothers and sisters, especially the most needy, as was her cousin Elizabeth". (Message for the 37th World Youth Day).

Like Maria, young people from all over the world have already rushed out to meet life. Here, they tell you their story.

"It has happened to many of us that, unexpectedly, Jesus came to meet us: for the first time, we experienced in him a closeness, a respect, an absence of prejudice and condemnation, a look of mercy that we had never encountered in others. Not only that, we also felt that it was not enough for Jesus to look at us from afar, but that he wanted to be with us, he wanted to share his life with us. The joy of this experience awakened in us a rush to welcome Him, an urgency to be with Him and to know Him better". (Message for the 37th World Youth Day). 

God is waiting for you, receive his friendship and companionship.