God sees us and calls us to be entirely His. He touches and wins our heart in order that once achieved we don’t abandon him again. This conquest is what we call a “personal encounter with Jesus.” Something radically changes our life giving a new meaning to all that we are and do.

Jesus needed the teaching and care of His mother. At 12 years old when he was lost in Jerusalem in the middle of all that commotion upon Our Lady finding Him, Our Lord said “Did you know not that would be in the house of my Father?” (cf Lk 2:49) This is a condition that we assume when we are conquered by God, we busy ourselves with the Joy that overtakes us.

But, we know that this world in very troubled. We receive a great quantity of information daily, we bring often a busy life, with many activities. This is the era of technology, of scientific advances, of visual and aural appeals in which it becomes possible to go from  Heaven to Hell with the click of a mouse on our computer. There are many situations that we involve ourselves and when we are attentive we run the risk of forgetting that day in which we feel a love so strong that we simply allow ourselves to stop standing up and walking with God (…)

It is necessary to be recognize him as the son of God and to act so. You need to assume your identity where you may be, in the street, in your building, at work, God wants to arrive where young people are suffering as from an overdose . These person need much of our help, and not us remaining in the house watching a program here or there with our feet up. These situation change, by leaving the house, praying and preparing where we give testimony living PHN and bringing all this to the persons who really need it. We have various movements in the Church, each one with its own specific spirituality: With one of these voices you identify. Through this God will make His voice, through you, marvels.

Dunga
from the book “Jovem, o caminho se faz caminhando”

translated from Portuguese