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What grade are you in?
Fifth grade.
Good. Now, listen carefully
Do you want to stay in the fifth grade again
or next year do you want
to go to another grade?
Um, it's all the same to me
But I would like to stay in the fifth grade
because otherwise, when I go to the sixth
I will leave my teacher. But . . .
Well then, do you want to stay in the fifth
or do you want to go to the sixth?"
I want to stay in the fifth again.
Oh! Well, this boy is different from the Pope
because when I was in fourth grade
I used to say, "Oh, if I were in fifth!"
And when I was in fifth grade, I would say,
"Who knows if I'll go to sixth grade,
if they'll promote me?"
Do you understand? What's your name?
Daniele.
You see, Daniele,
the Lord has put inside us
a strong desire to make progress, to advance
Someone in first grade says
"Just wait until I'm in second."
Someone who is in second says,
"I can't wait until I'm in third."
And it's the same with grownups too, you know
I knew a captain who said:
"When are they going to make me Lieutenant Colonel?"
He wanted to advance too.
Everyone wants to advance. And this. . .
The Lord has given us this strong desire
To make progress. Look.
We began by living in caves
in lake dwellings
then in huts
then we put up houses
then palaces,
now there are skyscrapers
Always advancing.
At first we went on foot
then on horseback, then camels,
then by carriage,
then by train,
now by airplane,
always advancing.
This is the law of progress.
By not only progress in traveling
I said before - I don't know if you were listening
-- that love of God is a kind of journey
Here too, we must make progress.
Lord, make me love you more and more
Never stop.
The Lord has said to all Christians:
"You are the light of the world."
"You are the salt of the earth."
"Become perfect as my Heavenly Father is perfect."
Here, never stop.
Make progress, with the help of God
in loving God. All right?
There, I'll let you go now.
Did you see how he helped me?
(In French): I want to recall this morning
what love is.
You now, I hope, the act of Love.