My reflection for the WYD newsletter:
In less than two months we will all be packing our bags and heading off to experience the pilgrimage of a lifetime: World Youth Day. When I first heard about it a couple years ago, my joy shot through the roof, I couldn’t believe that I actually had the chance to go. Even though the past two years have been weighted down with monthly payment deadlines, we have finally made it; we can now sit back and enjoy the ride! Instead of focusing on the monetary aspect of this pilgrimage, we can finally turn our attention to the true spirit of it all, being “Rooted and built up in Christ, Steadfast in our Faith.” For those of us who have been a part of this journey for the past two years and for those of us who just joined, we are incredibly blessed; God has a lot in store for us if we open our hearts and minds to Him.
I honestly have no expectations for this pilgrimage, I don’t know what’s coming and I have no idea what this journey will be like. However, I am thrilled beyond words. To each of us, this journey will be something unique, God will speak to each of us through our own spirituality; maybe in the quiet, maybe in the music, or in the culture, or maybe in a random passerby, but ready or not, He will be knocking. The question each of us must then answer is, “Am I willing to let Him in?” This journey does not last for only ten days but a lifetime. What each of us takes home from this pilgrimage is up to us and how open we are. For those willing to answer, all I can say is “Expect the unexpected!”
