Our circumstances
We live in difficult times. Whereas the number of well trained pastors is lowering, worldly means to allure our souls are multiplying. Particularly in so-called “developed countries”, being a Catholic is objectively more difficult nowadays than it used to be some decades ago. We especially, as youths, are targeted by false guides presenting pleasure and independence as an end in itself instead of the only freedom and joy found in answering God’s call to holiness!
Most of our fellow baptized Catholic youths have deserted the churches, have no time for Catholic devotions and scorn Catholic doctrine. The liturgy, the doctrine and the apostolate most of them have been presented with failed to attract their interest. Most modern youths find that too often, those acting in the name of the Catholic Church are not convincing. We can’t see why we would sacrifice various earthly satisfactions to answer an invitation where transcendence does not show.
Thank be to God, there are signs of a renewal. We know for certain that the Lord does not abandon His Church. We give Him thanks for the grace of having been put, without any merit on our part, on board that Ark of salvation governed by our Holy Father Pope Benedict XVI.