Teens are invited to return to their days of youth.
Pope Francis wrote in "Christus Vivit" that Jesus is "eternally young." Youth, in this sense, is not a derogatory term; it is an indication of a relationship. Jesus is always the eternal Son of the Father.
We, too, are called to this sort of relationship - to be sons and daughters of God. Viewed in this perspective, childlikeness becomes a spiritual mark of spiritual maturity. It is something to be learned, practiced, and grown into.
No matter how old we get, we never outgrow being children of the Father.
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