I don't know why, but this World Youth Day, I've been thinking a lot about the Cross. It is partly because the Cross is the symbol of WYD (very clearly displayed as the WYD Cross). But there are other reasons. I began this journey reflecting on the adventure of walking alongside Jesus  hoping to encounter Jesus. At some point in that journey, we are bound to encounter the Cross.

How fitting: we set off on our journey to Rio on the Feast of St. Bonaventure, literally “bona aventura” or good adventure. That������Ƶapp what World Youth Day is: an adventure in faith. I wonder if that������Ƶapp what the disciples were thinking as they made their way down from Galilee to Jerusalem with Jesus for that fateful Passover.