Let us ask the Lord to free the Church from those who would make her grow old, encase her in the past, hold her back, or keep her at a standstill. But let us ask him to free her from another temptation: that of thinking she is young because she accepts everything the world offers her, thinking that she is renewed because she sets her message aside and acts like everyone else. No! The Church is young when she is herself, when she receives ever anew the strength born of God's word, the Eucharist, and the daily presence of Christ, and the power of his Spirit in our lives. The Church is young when she shows herself capable of constantly returning to her source.
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