By Pilgrim Matthew Hill
WYD was a very spiritually uplifting time, as well as a lot of fun.
For me personally, seeing a few million people of a similar age as myself gathered together adoring God, the Blessed Sacrament, in complete silence with the Pope, both at the Evening Vigil during Benediction, and at the consecration during the Final Mass, was tremendously inspiring. Seeing things like this definitely reminded me that we are not alone in striving to love our Creator. Journeying together as a group through Egypt and the Holy Land with Cardinal Pell, and then seeing him deliver an awesome pro-life talk in front of hundreds, was a massive encouragement to stand up and fight for God and life .
Coming straight from the place where Christ lived and died , in the tiny land of Israel, and then seeing the countless numbers from all around the world at WYD in Madrid, definitely reminded me that the Catholic faith, although small in its origins, had certainly reached to the ends of the earth, as Christ had intended to be.
The week was heaps of fun too. Simply being in a foreign city with millions of enthusiastic Catholic youth buzzing around was enough to get you pumped, as well as checking out some of the pubs with our gang, and conversing with foreigners about our Aussie homeland and our faith in common. The journey had a great impact on me and will be an experience I will never forget
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