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   Pope Francis to altar servers: Holiness is not for the lazy   
      
   Vatican City, Jul 31, 2018 / 02:05 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Everyone is   
   called to pursue sainthood through living the Works of Mercy, though   
   it is not for the weak of heart, Pope Francis told more than 60,000   
   young altar servers in St. Peter’s Square Tuesday.   
      
   “It is true, it is not easy, but remember – I will say it again – the   
   way of holiness is not for the lazy,” the pope said July 31.   
      
   “Do you all know the Works of Mercy? It’s important!” he said. “To   
   learn the Works of Mercy it is not necessary to go to university or to   
   receive a degree, all can learn.”   
      
   In a question and answer session, Pope Francis advised the pilgrims to   
   “know and love the Lord Jesus more and more,” encountering him in   
   prayer, at Mass, through reading Scripture, in the poor.   
      
   “Even now, as young people, you can be apostles, capable of drawing   
   others to Jesus. This will happen if you are full of enthusiasm for   
   him, if you have encountered him, if you have come to know him   
   personally, and been yourselves ‘won over’ by him,” he said.   
      
   The pope also encouraged them to be friends with everyone, “no strings   
   attached,” in order to be a “ray of Jesus’ light,” because, he said,   
   everyone needs friends who give a good example and who give without   
   expecting anything in return.   
      
   “There is no need for lots of words; more important are your actions,   
   your closeness, your desire to serve, gazing before the Most Blessed   
   Sacrament,” he said. “In this way, you will also help others to see   
   how beautiful the community of believers is, because the Lord dwells   
   in its midst.”   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)