“The coming of the Pope to Asia creates not only excitement but also a renewed zeal for the faith and gives the Asian people a renewed sense of the faith because it demonstrates that the Asian peoples are not far from the mind and heart of the Pope,” Charles Cardinal Bo insisted.
Discipleship requires sacrificing our own desires for the sake of following Christ. It means surrendering our own will and submitting to God's will in every aspect of our lives, even when it goes against our own desires and ambitions.