377 Introduction You are now off to WYD! You have been preparing for this journey to Portugal for weeks or months. It is a once-in-alifetime pilgrimage. The Lord will travel with you. You will find in the following pages a journey to help you to make your way through each day, particularly between July 26 and August 6. It is inspired partly by the teaching method of the Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius of Loyola. It invites you to follow Jesus, and to say YES to the Lord, so that your life may be more beautiful. Specifically, we propose twelve steps, called Passos in Portuguese. These are the steps of the journey, following Mary, the patrons saints of WYD, and the entire people of God, who follow in the footsteps of the Risen Lord. Here are the themes of the twelve steps, one for each day: 1. You are created for joy 2. You became a child of God 3. Here I am, Lord 4. Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you 5. Be not afraid, I have redeemed you 6. Being reborn from above 7. Dare to love in truth 8. Listen, your God is calling you 9. What have you done to your brother? 10. Do you love Christ? Then love the Church! 11. Offer yourself to the Lord, he is faithful! 12. Put out into the deep! Spiritual Journey
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