Pope Francis in the Philippines (10 page)

Real
love
allows
you
to
spend
yourselves
,
to
leave
your
pockets
empty
.
Think
of
St
Francis
who
died
with
empty
hands
and
empty
pockets
but
with
a
full
heart
.
Remember
:
no
young
museums
,
and
wise
young
people
.
To
be
wise
use
three
languages
:
think
well
,
feel
well
and
do
well
.
And
to
be
wise
allow
yourselves
to
be
surprised
by
the
love
of
God
.
That
will
guarantee
a
good
life
.

Rikki
came
up
with
a
good
plan
for
what
we
can
do
in
life
with
all
young
people
’
s
activities
.

Thank
you
,
Rikki
,
for
what
you
and
your
friends
do
.
I
’
d
like
to
ask
you
a
question
:
you
and
your
friends
help
others
but
do
you
allow
yourselves
to
receive
?
Answer
in
your
heart
.

In
the
Gospel
we
just
heard
,
there
was
a
beautiful
phrase
,
for
me
the
most
important
of
all
:
Jesus
looked
at
the
young
man
and
he
loved
him
.
When
you
see
Rikki
and
his
friends
you
love
them
because
they
do
good
things
.
Jesus
says
something
very
important
:
you
lack
one
thing
.
Let
us
listen
to
this
word
in
silence
:
you
lack
only
one
thing
.

What
is
it
that
I
lack
?
To
all
of
you
who
Jesus
loves
so
much
,
I
ask
you
:
do
you
allow
others
to
give
you
from
their
riches
to
you
who
have
not
?
The
Sadducees
,
Doctors
of
the
Law
,
in
the
time
of
Jesus
,
gave
much
to
the
people
,
they
taught
the
people
the
law
,
but
they
never
allowed
the
people
to
give
them
something
.
Jesus
had
to
come
to
allow
himself
to
feel
compassion
and
to
be
loved
.

How
many
young
people
among
you
are
like
this
?
You
know
how
to
give
and
yet
you
have
ever
learned
how
to
receive
.
You
still
lack
one
thing
.
Become
a
beggar
.
This
is
what
you
still
lack
.
Learn
how
to
beg
.
This
isn
’
t
easy
to
understand
.
To
learn
how
to
beg
.
To
learn
how
to
receive
with
humility
.
To
learn
to
be
evangelized
by
the
poor
,
by
those
we
help
,
the
sick
,
orphans
,
they
have
so
much
to
give
us
.
Have
I
learned
how
to
beg
?
Or
am
I
self
-
sufficient
?
Do
I
think
I
need
nothing
?
Do
you
know
you
too
are
poor
?
Do
you
know
your
own
poverty
and
your
need
to
receive
?
Do
you
let
yourselves
be
evangelized
by
those
you
serve
?
This
is
what
helps
you
mature
in
your
commitment
to
give
to
others
.
Learn
how
to
open
your
hand
from
your
very
own
poverty
.

There
are
some
points
I
have
prepared
.
The
first
,
I
already
told
you
:
to
learn
how
to
love
and
to
learn
how
to
be
loved
.
There
is
a
challenge
which
is
a
challenge
of
u
.
This
is
not
only
because
your
country
more
than
many
others
is
likely
to
be
seriously
affected
by
climate
change
.
There
is
the
challenge
,
the
concern
for
the
environment
.
And
finally
,
there
is
the
challenge
for
the
poor
,
to
love
the
poor
,
with
your
bishops
.
Do
you
think
of
the
poor
?
Do
you
feel
with
the
poor
?
Do
you
do
something
for
the
poor
?
Do
you
ask
the
poor
to
give
you
the
wisdom
they
have
?

This
is
what
I
wish
to
tell
you
all
today
.
Sorry
if
I
haven
’
t
read
what
I
prepared
for
you
but
there
is
a
phrase
that
consoles
me
:
that
reality
is
superior
to
ideas
.
The
reality
that
you
have
is
superior
to
the
paper
I
have
in
front
of
me
.

Thank
you
very
much
.
Pray
for
me
!

Dear
young
friends
,

It
is
a
joy
for
me
to
be
with
you
this
morning
.
I
greet
each
of
you
from
the
heart
,
and
I
thank
all
those
who
made
this
meeting
possible
.
During
my
visit
to
the
Philippines
,
I
wanted
in
a
particular
way
to
meet
with
young
people
,
to
listen
to
you
and
to
talk
with
you
.
I
want
to
express
the
love
and
the
hopes
of
the
Church
for
you
.
And
I
want
to
encourage
you
,
as
Christian
citizens
of
this
country
,
to
offer
yourselves
passionately
and
honestly
to
the
great
work
of
renewing
your
society
and
helping
to
build
a
better
world
.

In
a
special
way
,
I
thank
the
young
people
who
have
offered
words
of
welcome
to
me
.
They
have
expressed
eloquently
,
in
your
name
,
your
concerns
and
worries
,
your
faith
and
your
hopes
.
They
have
spoken
of
the
difficulties
and
the
expectations
of
the
young
.
Although
I
cannot
respond
to
each
of
these
issues
at
length
,
I
know
that
,
together
with
your
pastors
and
among
yourselves
,
you
will
prayerfully
consider
them
and
make
concrete
proposals
for
action
in
your
lives
.

Today
I
would
like
to
suggest
three
key
areas
where
you
have
a
significant
contribution
to
make
to
the
life
of
your
country
.
The
first
of
these
is
the
challenge
of
integrity
.
The
word
"
challenge
"
can
be
understood
in
two
ways
.
First
,
it
can
be
understood
negatively
,
as
a
temptation
to
act
against
your
moral
convictions
,
what
you
know
to
be
true
,
good
and
right
.
Our
integrity
can
be
challenged
by
selfish
interest
,
greed
,
dishonesty
,
or
the
willingness
to
use
other
people
.

But
the
word
"
challenge
"
can
be
also
understood
positively
.
It
can
be
seen
as
invitation
to
courage
,
a
summons
to
bear
prophetic
witness
to
what
you
believe
and
hold
sacred
.
In
this
sense
,
the
challenge
of
integrity
is
something
which
you
have
to
face
now
,
at
this
time
in
your
lives
.
It
is
not
something
you
can
put
off
until
you
are
older
or
have
greater
responsibilities
.
Even
now
you
are
challenged
to
act
with
honesty
and
fairness
in
your
dealings
with
others
,
young
and
old
alike
.
Do
not
avoid
the
challenge
!
One
of
the
greatest
challenges
young
people
face
is
learning
to
love
.
To
love
means
to
take
a
risk
:
the
risk
of
rejection
,
the
risk
of
being
taken
advantage
of
,
or
worse
,
of
taking
advantage
of
another
.
Do
not
be
afraid
to
love
!
But
in
love
,
too
,
maintain
your
integrity
!
Here
too
,
be
honest
and
fair
!

In
the
reading
we
have
just
heard
,
Paul
tells
Timothy
: "
Let
no
one
have
contempt
for
your
youth
,
but
set
an
example
for
those
who
believe
,
in
speech
,
conduct
,
love
,
faith
,
and
purity
" (1
Tim
4:12).

You
are
called
,
then
,
to
set
a
good
example
of
integrity
.
Naturally
,
in
doing
this
,
you
will
encounter
opposition
,
negativity
,
discouragement
,
and
even
ridicule
.
But
you
have
received
a
gift
which
enables
you
to
rise
above
those
difficulties
.
It
is
the
gift
of
the
Holy
Spirit
.
If
you
nurture
this
gift
by
daily
prayer
and
draw
strength
from
sharing
in
the
Eucharist
,
you
will
be
able
to
achieve
that
moral
greatness
to
which
Jesus
calls
you
.
You
will
also
be
a
compass
to
those
of
your
friends
who
are
struggling
.
I
think
especially
of
these
young
people
who
are
tempted
to
lose
hope
,
to
abandon
their
high
ideals
,
to
drop
out
of
school
,
or
to
live
from
day
to
day
on
the
streets
.

So
it
is
essential
not
to
lose
your
integrity
!
Not
to
compromise
your
ideals
!
Not
to
give
in
to
temptation
against
goodness
,
holiness
,
courage
and
purity
!
Rise
to
the
challenge
!
With
Christ
,
you
will
be
–
indeed
you
already
are
! –
the
architects
of
a
renewed
and
more
just
Filipino
culture
.