Bishop Caussé, Jimmer Fredette and Peter Vidmar Speak to Youth Ahead of Paris 2024 Summer Olympics

This week, the world converges on Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
“Ten thousand athletes will be here from 200 different countries,” said Gérald Caussé, Presiding Bishop for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. “Imagine - that’s the whole world that has come to Paris.”
Bishop Caussé, a native of Bordeaux, France, joined Peter Vidmar (a two-time Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics) and Jimmer Fredette (who will participate in the Paris Olympics 3x3 basketball for Team USA) in a devotional broadcast from Versailles on Sunday, July 21, 2024, for youth throughout Europe.
“[Olympic] athletes are an incarnation of the universality of the values that unite all these countries,” Bishop Caussé said. “These are values that are close to the values of the gospel - especially the fact that all the sons and daughters are united together for the same event, to celebrate the same thing - something that’s absolutely remarkable, which echoes what we preach: to have a world that’s divided and conflicted see that the people of the world can be reunited. It fills us with joy.”
Vidmar, a member of the Young Men General Advisory Council, urged the youth to pray, have faith and never give up. He said he was able to dedicate 12 years of his life to gymnastics because his coach had faith in him and taught him to work.
“Have faith in the Lord,” said Vidmar, who won three medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. “Have faith that you can do the things that he asks you to do. And along with that faith, never give up. That requires some work and some effort. With faith and that effort, you can do great things in your life.”

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WE ARE CHAMPIONS

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I've met Peter Vidmar. Great guy!

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Good luck Jimmer

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Go, Jimmer!! 🎉

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Amen 🙏 ❤

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so cool

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Absolutely amazing

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If we want to be champions, we can through Jesus Christ overcome sin to become champions forever!

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go jimmer!!

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amen

[@Darronsanderson]

I have seen basketball in the church basketball court cause two elders to leave the church for good. There needs to be a separation of church and sports, not just church and state.

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Happy birthday President Nelson- you’re a Centenarian