Allegri, colorful, light -hearted but above all true messengers of hope. Messina could not be missing from the Jubilee of young people in Rome. In the position of the million gathered from all over the world in the eternal city, more than a hundred – coordinated by the director of the youth pastoral care Father Stefano Messina – came from Messina and its province. There were the young people of the regular third order of Sicily and the Franciscan youth of the parish of Sant’Andrea Avellino, S. Lucia del Mela and S. Filippo del Mela accompanied by the parish priest Fra Alberto Foti; A group of the S. Pio X and SS community. Fondo Salvatore Fucile Villaggio Aldisio accompanied by the parish priest Enzo Bugea Nobile; A large representation of the Salesian youth movement accompanied by the religious Gabriele Cardiotto and Orazio Moschetti.
Their testimonies contain the emotion of those days and the joy of a meeting, the one with Pope Leo, who will bring in the heart forever. “An intense, true, full experience of those that shake you inside and make you say” it really was worth it “. It was not just emotion: it was true prayer, it was feeling part of something bigger, with a look fixed on Jesus. The Jubilee was not only prayer, but also encounter; We met boys and girls from every corner of the world. We exchanged stories, dreams, efforts. Fraternal relationships have been created, which leave you your mark. Faith is not an old or a few stuff, it is alive, it is young, it is ours, “said Dominick friend of the Franciscan youth of S. Filippo del Mela.
For Lorenzo, Elisa and Giada, of the SS parish. Salvatore del Villaggio Aldisio was like immersing himself in a special time: «It was an inner and community journey: crossing a threshold, symbolic and real that opens up to hope and a new life. The pilgrimage to Tor Vergata was physically demanding but spiritually enriching. Let’s go home with a heart full of gratitude for the faces encountered, for the shared steps, to the delight of feeling like a great family ». Emotions also for the children of the Franciscan youth of the parish of S. Andrea Avellino: for Esmeralda Grasso “the Jubilee has made it possible to discover that we are not alone in God in God. There are millions of guys who, like us, believe and profess the same religion and who are accompanied by a common desire: fully living ».
“I lived crazy days, full of life, love, light and hope, known new people from cultures and realities completely different from mine but nobody seemed to me a stranger, we were all called there for the same reason,” said Chiara Isspoto. “We laughed, cried, putting ourselves naked with our fragility and having the opportunity to weave genuine relationships” the words of Antonella and Giovanna Galluzzo. And then Andrea Calderone: “We young people have shown that a life and a better way is always possible, the way of Christ”.
