In an editorial with following title: "God's requirement" Franz-Olivier Giesbert, the chief editor of the French newspaper "Figaro" comments and explains the great success of the world's days for youth:

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1st September

You turned from God to idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead. 1 Thessalonians 1, 9 & 10

Man needs God

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"One is so occupied with the secondary that one forgets the essential: man needs God. He needs to get out of himself to find him. He dreams of heaven, of salvation and of the next world.

World passes by to fast, it's out of question to think and to stop. Society without God which one is preparing for us is a society of phantoms who will sleep standing without knowing what is happening above them. When one only believes in himself, i. e. in money, everything has it's worth. So, nothing is worth nothing. The matter of conscience is even considered as a loss of time. In front of this metaphysical emptiness one can suffocate...

Two centuries ago man perched on his pedestal, he started to believe that he could be equal to himself. He decided to make emptiness."

Some philosophers maintain that God is dead. These philosophers are more popular than the authorized voices who allow all freedoms.

No, my dear friend. Anyway, deep within you you know that God exists. He is the Creator and you are his creature, he is eternal and you are mortal, he is holy and you are a sinner, he is the saviour and you are the lost. God is alive and he is the answer to your need for him.

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