In January 1994, a nationwide song-writing contest for the theme song of World Youth Day 1995 was launched in the Philippines. Jn 12:21) and it drives him unceasingly to seek his face. IX and X World Youth Day, 1994-1995 : John Paul II Messages World Youth Day [ EN - ES - FR - IT] MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER POPE JOHN PAUL II FOR THE IX AND X WORLD YOUTH DAY "As the Father has sent me, so I send you" (Jn 20:21). We too, as we start out, express this longing and, with the pilgrim of Zion, we repeat: "Your presence, O Lord, I seek" (Ps 27:8).This reconciliation is in the first place the individual destiny of every Christian who receives and continuously renews his personal identity as a disciple of the Son of God in prayer and through receiving the sacraments, especially Penance and the Eucharist."God so loved the world that he gave his only Son" (Jn 3:16). 2011 ... Tell the World of His Love (Manilla 1995) Olivier Constantin & Yvonne Jones.
Jesus, sent by the Father to mankind, communicates the abundance of life to every believer (cf.
Such is usually done through chants and singing of other national songs involving a Catholic theme.
Mt 5:9) in a world that is ever more in need of credible witnesses and consistent messengers. 5:09 PREVIEW We Are One Body (Denver 1993) Joniece Jamison & Michael Robinson. Official 1995 World Youth Day Theme Song By Trina Belamide, Filipina Composer .
The disciples "rejoiced when they saw the Lord" (Jn 20:20).We "saw" him and welcomed him as teacher and friend in Rome in 1984 and 1985, when we began our pilgrimage from the centre and heart of Catholicism in order to give a reason for the hope that is in us (cf 1 Pt 3:15), carrying his cross along the highways of the world. We asked him â insistently â to be with us in our daily journey.The risen Christ returns among us with the fullness of joy and with overflowing richness of life. The song was composed by Trina Belamide whose real name is Katrina Marie Concepcion Ruiz Belamide. (Jn 20:21) the same as that of the World Youth Day of 1994, which was celebrated at the diocesan level on Palm Sunday of that year, fall on March 22. He thus transmits to the Church his own saving mission, so that the Easter mystery may continue to be communicated to every person, in every age, in every corner of the globe.In fact, numerous are the temptations of our time, the seductions that seek to muffle the divine voice resounding within the heart of each individual.As the faithful guardian and representative of the wealth of faith transmitted to her by Christ, she is ready to enter into dialogue with the new generations; in order to answer their needs and expectations and to find in frank and open dialogue the most appropriate way to reach the source of divine salvation.With the same intense and deep feeling I now address you, as we prepare to celebrate the Ninth and Tenth World Youth Days.