a short story about wyd rio2013
DESCRIPTION
The XXVIII World Youth Day will be held from 23 to 28 July 2013 in the city of Rio de Janeiro and has as its motto "Go and make disciples of all nations" (Mt 28, 19).TRANSCRIPT
A short story about WYD
WYD in rio!
produced by the Department of Pastoral Preparation of the WYD Rio2013 Institute
DireCtors: Priest Arnaldo Rodrigues priest Leandro Lenin
Story and Screenplay: Gabriel Cruz
Drawings and concept art: Sami Souza
Graphic Desing: Gabriel Cruz Sami Souza
TraNSLations: Bernardo da Costa Maria Cristina Terceros Anika Martin Claudia Giampietro Krysztof orczyk Stéphanie Nizery
Wyd Rio2013 logo: GustavO Huguenin
Thanks to:
Archbishop Orani João Tempesta President of wyd Rio2013 Institute
bishop Paulo Cezar Vice-president of wyd Rio2013 Institute
bishop Antonio augusto Dias Vice-president of wyd Rio2013 Institute
Mons. Joel Portella Executive director of wyd Rio2013 Institute
City of Rio de Janeiro, August 21st 2011, 5h30
Dear friends! You are now about to
go home.
Your friends will want to know how you have changed after being
in this lovely city with the Pope and with hundreds of thousands of other young
people from around the world.
I am pleased now to
announce...
....that the next World
Youth Day will be held in 2013...
WHERE!? WHERE IS
tHE FIRE?
GRAB THE EXTINGUISHOR!!
PUT IT OFF!!! PUT IT OFF!!!
*
YAY!!! IT’S GOING TO BE IN RIO!!!*
What was all that screaming? At five thirty in
the morning on a Sunday?!?
The World Youth Day 2013, dad!
The WYD2013 will be in Rio de Janeiro.
W-Y-WHAT?
WYD! World Youth Day with the Pope...
Vatican, 1984
Saint Peter’s Square
It all started in 1984, when there was
the International Jubilee for the Young, with Pope John Paul II.
It was when the youth received, for the first
time, the Pilgrim Cross, which would become one of the most important
symbols of the WYD.
On the following year, the UN declared 1985
as the International Youth Year.
In March, of that year, there was another international meeting and the Popeinsisted with
the World Youth Day..
Since then, every year, it takes place in the dioceses , on the Palm Sundays, and every
2 or 3 years it happens internationally.
And all this noise for that?
I mean...
I known that seeing the Pope up close
seems cool and all... But, is that all?
It’s not just meeting the Pope...
It’s taking part on the World
Youth Day .
And also meeting young people from all over the world.
Meeting, World Youth
Day,
all the same.
You’re right,
da!
Meeting, is a part of the World
Youth Day.It’s the same thing.
But it is a meeting that will help on
the real youth days.
Son, you’re not making any sense!
We are always searching for the
meaning of all thing we do, dad. All of this comes from the desire that we have for happiness, for beauty and for
justice.
and there are so many things we do...
we study, we play,
we work....
we date...
but it always seems that
something is missing…
It’s as if it’s something
that goes beyondall reality,
and by everything we do it calls us to seek it.
It’s the Mystery.
By the same way that it called the heart of John and Andrew on that Day…
Behold, the Lamb of God!
Is it really Him?
Let’s follow Him.
That challenge made them both go after
Christ.
They needed to know if He was the answer to
so many other questions.
What do you want from me?
Master, where do You live?
a simple question, led to something
extraordinary.
“Come and see!”
on the Meeting with Christ... on the friendship with Christ...
and there the mystery reveals itself... And gives meaning to everything.
I really mean everything... It even gave meaning to our
biggest dramas...
...even these days, with the meeting of
Christ’s friends:
The Church
Because he knew the how big is the desire in every heart
of our youth, Blessed John Paul II decided to meet them in
the World Youth Days
Only by welcoming Christ, dead and resurrected, you may reponde to the greatand nobleyearnings of your heart.
Youth: Christ, the Church
and the world await the testimony
of your lives, based on the
truth thatChrist himself
revealed.
The Pope thanks your testimony and encourages you to be always
witnessesof God's love, sowers of hope and builders
of peace.
WYD - Buenos Aires
wyD - Madrid
And Pope Benedict XVI, seeing the beautiful
gesture of his predecessor,
gives continuality to it,
with a lot joy and Faith.
Friendship with Jesus will also lead you to bear
witness to the faith wherever you are.
We cannot encounter
Christ and not want to make him known to others.
So...
even when it meets with rejection or indifference.
do not keep Christ to yoursel-
ves!
Share with others the joy of your faith.
And that’s it!
That’s why I’m so happy.
Now if you excuse me...
What are you going to do?
I’m going to get ready
for the WYD 2013.
Isn’t only in 2013?
Yes dad, it’s olny in 2013. And we have a lot to do in order to get
ready.
You’re going to help us,
aren’t you?
Well son, we all are, aren’t we?
But only us? Do you think
it will be possible?
Don’t worry dad. I’m sure we will have the help
a great people.
Let’s go then?
www.rio2013.com