10/02/2026
What will guide your steps?
Life moves more quickly than we imagine. Youth blossoms, seasons change, strength rises and falls, and every human achievement eventually passes.
Yet this is not a gloomy message. It is an invitation to walk in the light.
Wisdom is not measured by how much time we have, but by whom we walk with.
Jesus reveals that the deepest light of God will shine from the Cross.
This is especially important for our young people. Many young men and women, particularly those who have not yet had a personal encounter with the Lord Jesus, do not know what awaits them. In other words, they don’t know what they don’t know.
The future can appear exciting, confusing, and uncertain all at once. What they need is not a perfect plan. It is a living friendship with the Lord Jesus. As Pope Leo XIV recently said, “An encounter with Jesus Christ fills the heart with joy and gives us the strength to bear witness to His love and mercy.” Jesus gives us the wisdom that the world cannot manufacture and the love that death cannot extinguish.
Choose one young person and accompany them intentionally. Listen, encourage, invite, and share with them something of your own friendship with Jesus. And may Our Lady of Guadalupe, who carried the true Light within her, teach us to walk wisely, joyfully, and always toward her Son.
I think this message from San Antonio Archbishop Garcia-Siller is very important for "children of every age" to hear. Over the years, I have walked with people who had no relationship with God or Jesus. I shared my own "walk of faith" with them, and in turn, I learned things from them that actually strengthened my own faith journey. You're never too old to learn something or to share something.
