I will take any opportunity to tell everyone I meet within 2 seconds that my mom's side of the fam built this beautiful monastery in my village in Syria. Located in the Valley of the Christians.
Inside the St. Elias Monastery, Syria.
Daily reminder that Christianity doesn't mix with any wordly ideologies. So your "based" racist ideology is a man-made worldly thing and has no place in Christianity.
Connecting young people to digital networks serves no purpose if they remain disconnected from themselves, others, and their own interiority. We must help young people rediscover silence, reflection, the ability to ask questions, the depth of relationships, and openness to transcendence. To listen to the soul, we must lend an ear, because the soul's voice is not a shout, but a whisper.
However, when we discover that our life has value, that we are loved, awaited, and called to carry out a task in the world, then hope is born. This spiritual force sustains life, even in the most difficult moments.
Deep inner suffering inevitably arises when the human person is reduced to performance, consumption, or a statistical datum. Many young people today live under the yoke of expectations to perform, immersed in an exasperated competitiveness that generates anxiety, fear of not measuring up, and disorientation.