Homilies and Addresses from World Youth Day 2008
Pope Benedict XVI
Pope Benedict's challenge to young people in Sydney, Australia
'Dear young people: let me now ask you a question. What will you leave to the next generation? Are you building your lives on firm foundations, building something that will endure? Are you living your lives in a way that opens up space for the Spirit in the midst of a world that wants to forget God, or even rejects him in the name of a falsely-conceived freedom? How are you using the gifts you have been given? What difference will you make? 'During World Youth day 2008 in Australia, Pope Benedict not only raised challenging questions such as these but gave the young people inspired and convincing answers rooted in Christ. Now these wise words have been compiled into this booklet so that you too can benefit from them.