Pope Francis urged Burma's youth to "let the saints lead you to Jesus and teach you to put your lives in his hands. You know that Jesus is full of mercy. So share with him all that you hold in your hearts: your fears and your worries, as well as your dreams and your hopes. Cultivate your interior life, as you would tend a garden or a field. This takes time; it takes patience. But like a farmer who waits for the crops to grow, if you wait the Lord will make you bear much fruit, a fruit you can then share with others."
The Pope then turned to young people's need to be "messengers of the good news of Jesus, above all to your contemporaries and friends. Do not be afraid to make a ruckus, to ask questions that make people think!"
"Don't worry if sometimes you feel that you are few and far between," he told them, in consideration of the fact that Catholics make up only about one percent of Burma's population. "The Gospel always grows from small beginnings. So make yourselves heard."
"I want you to shout … with your lives, with your hearts, and in this way to be signs of hope to those who need encouragement, a helping hand to the sick, a welcome smile to the stranger, a kindly support to the lonely."
Finally, Pope Francis discussed being sent forth at the conclusion of Mass "to take with us the gifts we have received and to share them with others. This can be a little daunting, since we don't always know where Jesus may be sending us. But he never sends us out without also walking at our side, and always just a little in front, leading us into new and wonderful parts of his kingdom."
To be sent by Christ is to follow him, the Pope added. "The Lord will invite some of you to follow him as priests … Others he will call to become religious or consecrated men and women. And yet others he will call to the married life, to be loving fathers and mothers. Whatever your vocation, I urge you: be brave, be generous and, above all, be joyful!"
Francis concluded by given Burma's young people the example of Mary, who though young, "had the courage to trust in the 'good news' she had heard, and to express it in a life of faithful dedication to her vocation, total self-giving, and complete trust in God's loving care. Like Mary, may all of you be gentle but courageous in bringing Jesus and his love to others."
"Dear young people, with great affection I commend all of you, and your families, to her maternal intercession. And I ask you, please, to remember to pray for me. God bless Myanmar!"