In his homily he reminded us about the State of Salesian Congregation at the time Don Bosco’s death. There was a lot of uncertainty at that time about the Congregation’s future! There were only 773 Salesians and a serious thought was given about amalgamating the Congregation with the Congregation of Christian brothers! The Rector Major affirmed that if not for the work of the Holy Spirit we would have not survived. He urged that if we remain faithful to the Lord then our Congregation will flourish and survival should not be our concern at all, rather, we should be focused on acquiring the qualities of humility and fidelity. He concluded saying that, when the young people were asked to answer the question “What kind of Salesians for the youth of today?’ in preparation for GC28, the cry of the youth from all over the world was: We need Salesians who will be present with us and accompany us in our life. They were not expecting any material needs or our big institutions. He added that this was the cry of young people around the world irrespective of the varied cultural diversity. Let us thus be and become Salesians with and for the young!