PONTIFICAL DECREE
Establishment of the
Feast of Christian Youth
PREFACE
With all His being, God loves, defends and protects His young people (Mt 18:5), the beating heart of Christ’s Church. Mary, Mother-Church, His Faithful Spouse, is and will always be for every young person the loving Mother and Mum, in whose Immaculate Heart every young person finds refuge and shelter, love and comfort (Lk 1:49).
In the New Jerusalem (Rev 21:2), Christian Youth is alive, and everyone is called to be young at heart and in spirit, to spread throughout the world the one and eternal Essence, the Essence of the Son of God, so that the world may see where holy youth can be found, where holy youth becomes wonderful and more and more admirable: in the Land of Love, where the Divine Child dwells, where, in His House, He awaits everyone, to help all become eternal children, so that everyone might remain like a child in soul, in spirit and with all one’s heart (Mt 19:14); and at the same time, be mature in understanding the Will of God, wishing to practise and love it (Mt 6:10).
The young people of the Mother-Church love Mary, and are all consecrated to Her Immaculate Heart, forming the Army of Mary (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “Mary, I consecrate myself to You”, 10/03/1986).
On the last Sunday of April, the Christian Youth opens its heart to the Marian month, to praise Mary, to sing of Mary, to raise hymns to Mary, the all-beautiful, the all-pure, the Exalted One (Revelation of God the Almighty Father to Maria G. Norcia, “The Immaculate One dwells in Us”, 28/06/1983).
Mary has not been understood by this humanity, which even today dissects Her Figure, losing itself in all that is human and neglecting all that is divine (Pontifical Decree, “In Mary, with Mary and for Mary”, 22/12/2019), to the point of stifling the Spirit. Thus, on the last Sunday of April, young people devoted to Mary will prepare themselves to experience the Holy Month of May, the month of Mary, who, with Her maternal Love, will lead everyone towards the Day of the Eternal Easter (Revelation of Jesus to Maria G. Norcia, “The Holy City”, 23/06/1996), who gives and will give to the whole world true Peace, the true Grafting into Her Most Sacred Heart (Pontifical Decree, “Solemn Feast of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus”, 19/06/2022), which is Life (Rev 22:17).
PROCLAMATION
As Pontiff of the Universal Christian Church of the New Jerusalem
I DECREE
The establishment of the Feast of Christian Youth
to be celebrated on the last Sunday of April in every liturgical year
April 26, 2026
4th Sunday of Easter
The Pontiff
Samuele
