Hello! 👋 “When I was 17 years old, I was a student and was working; I had my own plans. I wasn’t thinking at all of becoming a priest. But one day, I went into the church… and there was God, waiting for me!” In the message accompanying his prayer intention this month, Pope Francis speaks about himself and all the young people who—like him—are searching for their path and perhaps will find it in the consecration to the Lord. “God still calls young people even today, sometimes in ways we can’t imagine,” he reminds us in The Pope Video, produced by his Worldwide Prayer Network in collaboration with the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. But sometimes—he adds—“we don’t hear.” He invites us to trust in God and in young people, to accompany their journeys, and not to fear their concerns. 🙏 “Let us pray that the ecclesial community might welcome the desires and doubts of those young people who feel called to live Jesus’s mission in life: either through the priestly life, or religious life.” https://youtu.be/_jfn1XYDfro