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'You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses.' Acts 1:8

Australia prepares for World Youth Day 2008 - 528 days to go!

 

Jornada Mundial de la Juventud 2008: Sydney invita a la juventud del mundo

Word Youth Day 2008: Sydney welcomes the youth of the world

Weltjugendtag 2008: Sydney erwartet die Jugend der Welt

Foto: Tourism New South Wales © 2008

 

En el poder del Espíritu Santo, testigos de Jesús

In the power of the Spirit, witnesses for Jesus

In der Kraft des Heiligen Geistes Zeugen für Jesus

Foto: Weltjugendtagsbüro Köln © 2007

 

Australia – canguros...

Australia – Kangaroos…

Australien – Känguruh…

Foto: Rona Harvey/StckXchnge © 2007

 

... y Bunda Cliffs

... and Bunda Cliffs

... und Bunda Klippen

Foto: Damian Perth/StckXchnge © 2007

 

 

 
wyd2008-logo

Logo ©: wyd2008.org

AUSTRALIA, mkf. In July 2007, the World Youth Day Cross and Icon will arrive in Australia, just a year before the World Youth Day starts in July 2008 with the program in the dioceses (July 10 - 14), followed by the celebration in Sydney, July 15 - 20. The WYD08 theme, received from The Holy Father is: 'You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses.' Acts 1:8. The Schoenstatt Family in Australia invites the Schoenstatt Youth of the whole world to participate and include a pilgrimage to the Shrine in Mulgoa, near Sydney.

'You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you will be my witnesses.' Acts 1:8

This passage occurs after the death and resurrection of Jesus, just before his ascension to the Father. It represents the birth of the Church. The disciples had questioned Jesus about the time of the restoration of Israel. His words 'You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you' were somewhat surprising - they referred to a new meaning of the word "power". Jesus promises a different kind of "power" to help the Jews from under the yoke of Roman occupation. The power He promises to give is the very Spirit of God, the dynamic potential for transformation, the very condition of living according to the manner of Jesus' life.

This Spirit is not a vague ambiguous force, rather it is a Divine Person, the true Self Gift of the Father to the Son, and the Son to the Father, and hence the gift of the Father to us in the Son - with Him we say "Our Father". Only with the reception of the Spirit of Jesus can we exercise the authentic passion of the Heart of Christ, and hence by being set on fire with it do we as persons become witnesses to Him and everything for which He stands.

The ultimate witness we can make is to follow in the pattern of His life through the total self gift of our lives, lived authentically in truth and love for Him and at the service of others.

Invitation to the Shrine

The Schoenstatt Youth in Australia sent a letter to the Schoenstatt Youth of the world, inviting all to come to the Shrine: We, the Schoenstatt Youth of Sydney, Australia are inviting you all to attend the Sydney World Youth Day 2008and would like to personally extend an invitation for you to visit and attend various activities, centered at our Schoenstatt Shrine in Mulgoa leading up to and following WYD08.

 

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