” “"Dear boys and girls writes on the Pope do often meditate on God’s word and let the Holy Ghost be your master. God’s loving presence through His word is a lamp that dispels the darkness of fear and sheds light on your way, even at the toughest times. Take seriously the exhortation to consider Gods’ word an essential "weapon" for spiritual fight; it is effective and bears fruit if we learn to listen to it, so that then we can abide by it". According to Benedict XVI, "the secret to have a meek heart is to develop a heart which knows how to listen". This is obtained "by relentlessly meditating on God’s word and keeping rooted onto it through the commitment to get to know it better and better". Hence the exhortation to young people "to become familiar with the Bible, to keep it at hand, so that for you it is like a compass which shows the way to go. By reading it, you will learn how to get to know Christ. A proven and tested way to delve into and to enjoy God’s word is the lectio divina, which is a veritable spiritual journey made up of several steps. The reading, the study and the meditation of the Word he concludes must then lead one to a life of consistent adherence to Christ and to His lessons". The WYD 2006 is the first step of the preparatory journey to Sidney 2008, which the Pope wanted to be focused on the Holy Ghost and on mission. In 2007, the reflections will be inspired to John’s Gospel: “As I loved you, you too love one another", while the WYD 2008 will take inspiration from the verse of the Acts of the Apostles, “You will receive strength from the Holy Ghost which will descend on to you and you will be my witnesses”.” “
