Human freedom is scarred by wounds from personal sin and from concupiscence. But when, by experiencing forgiveness and mercy, people become aware of the obstacles that imprison them, they grow in maturity and can commit themselves with greater transparency in definitive life choices. From an educational perspective, it is important to help young people not to feel discouraged in the face of errors and failures, even humiliating ones, because these form an integral part of the journey towards a more mature freedom, aware of its greatness and its weakness. But evil does not have the last word: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son” (Jn 3:16). He loved us to the end and thus he ransomed our freedom. Dying for us on the cross, he poured out the Spirit, and “where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom” (2 Cor 3:17: a new freedom, a paschal freedom, which is fulfilled in the daily gift of self. Chapter II The Mystery of Vocation The search for vocation
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