| Around Jesus, who let Himself be acclaimed as the Messiah, we can distinguish, even today, three categories of people: |
| The ADVERSARIES, the deniers, who tremble when they see Jesus recognized as the Christ, the awaited and indispensable Savior of the people and of the world: interests, ideologies, wickedness and blndness seek to suffocate the messianic affirmations. |
| Then there are the SEEKERS who wish to discover Christ, like those Gentiles, the first fruits from among the pagan people, who on that day particularly asked the Apostles to "let them see Jesus." These form the second category of pilgrims on te paths of the Spirit. |
| And the third category is that of the DISCOVERERS: that of the humble people, that of children and young people who were already impressed by the contenance, the words and the miracles of the Lord and waved branches of palm and olive, singing hymns of praise to Christ and knowing in their spirit that He is salvation, joy and peace for all those who welcome Him. |
| Pope Paul VI |