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The official magazine of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Savannah

September 2024

Adoration anchors one’s life in Jesus, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) – The best way to ensure evangelization is about Jesus and not about oneself is to spend time in prayer and especially in Eucharistic adoration, Pope Francis told members of the Oblates of St. Joseph. “Young people do not need us; they need God,” the pope told members of the order’s general chapter during a meeting at the Vatican Aug. 26. “The more we live in his presence, the more we are able to help them encounter him without unnecessary protagonism and having only their salvation and full happiness at heart,” the pope said. People today, but especially young people, he said, live in a world where what seems to count most is what is on the outside: one’s appearance, achievements or adventures. “But a life lived all ‘outside’ leaves the inside empty like someone who spends all his time on the street and lets his home fall into disrepair for lack of care and love,” the pope said.