Pope Francis: “We are not made to dream about vacations or weekends. We dream big”

“Let’s not give up on big dreams. Let’s not settle for what is due. The Lord does not want us to narrow our horizons, he does not want us to be parked on the side of life, but in the race towards high goals, with joy and audacity, “the Pope said, addressing young people at Mass in the basilica at end of which the Passage of the crossing of the WYD between the young people of Panama and those of Portugal.

“We are not made to dream of holidays or weekends, but to fulfill God’s dreams in this world. It allowed us to dream to embrace the beauty of life. And the works of mercy are the most beautiful works of life ”, those for which“ in the end we will be judged ”, the Pope stressed, recalling today’s Gospel. For this reason, the Pope invited young people to “live and not live.”