APOSTOLIC JOURNEY OF HIS HOLINESS POPE FRANCIS TO LITHUANIA, LATVIA AND ESTONIA [22-25 SEPTEMBER 2018] ECUMENICAL MEETING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, ADDRESS OF THE HOLY FATHER
Kaarli Lutheran Church (Tallinn, Estonia)
[…] So yes, let us repeat his words: “Come to me, all who labour and are heavy
laden, and I will give you rest” (Mt 11:28). But let us say them in the conviction that,
beyond all our limitations and divisions, Jesus is still the reason for our being here.
We know no greater peace of mind can be found than by letting Jesus carry our
burdens. We also know that many people still do not know him, and live in sadness
and confusion. A famous singer of yours, about ten years ago said in one of her
songs: “Love is dead, love is gone, love don’t live here anymore” (Kerli Kõiv, Love is
Dead). No, please! Let us ensure that love is alive, and all of us must do this! Many
people have that experience: they see that their parents no longer love one another,
that the love of newlyweds soon fades. They see a lack of love in the fact that nobody
cares that they have to migrate to look for work, or look askance at them because
they are foreigners. It might seem that love is dead, as Kerli Kõivsaid, but we know
that it is not, and that we have a word to say, a message to bring, with few words
and many actions. For you are a generation of images, a generation of action, more
than speculation and theory. […]
