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Live Your Faith! (Part III): Receiving the Sacraments
I’ve let this series fall by the wayside, and for that I apologize. But we’re back on track now, so let’s get right down to it. Truly living as a Catholic teenager does not consist of putting a...
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Live Your Faith! (Part IV): Making Sacrifices
We don’t always think about the fact that truly following Christ will require sacrifices on our part. Some sacrifices might be forced upon us because of our faith in Jesus and others we might take...
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Live Your Faith! (Part V): Speak Up!
You’re sitting in class talking to your friends when suddenly, the conversation in the room shifts to religion. Several people start talking about how stupid religion is and how foolish it is to...
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Catholic…And Questioning
Let’s all get real here: everyone has questions. Everyone wants to know more, everyone is challenged by some concept, and everyone has trouble balancing what they think and the evidence against that...
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Reader Request: Sin and God’s Infinite Mercy
A reader recently commented and asked me to do a post on this topic. I really should’ve gotten around to this sooner, but life got in the way (as it tends to do). Here is the exact topic I was asked...
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A Quote for Catholic Teens
“Dear young people, do not settle for anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ.” -Pope Benedict XVI I ran across this quote the other day on Facebook and...
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Why Suffer?
This is a question we ask ourselves a lot nowadays, isn’t it? After all, with modern medicine and technology, suffering is almost unnecessary (for lack of a better word). Why be uncomfortable? Why...
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Juggling Homework and Jesus
Well, as you guys can very well tell, this school year has just dumped a lot of work on me. And I’m sure it has been the same for all of you, too! So, I’m sure the title of this post got a few giggles...
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Frustrated?
I don’t know about you guys, but I often become frustrated with myself about a lot of things. School work, grades, social stuff…and sin. You guys ever caught yourselves doing something you absolutely...
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It Is Truly Right and Just, Our Duty and Our Salvation, Always and Everywhere…
…to give You thanks, Father most holy, through Your beloved Son, Jesus Christ. (Eucharistic Prayer II) This is what we say we believe. And yet how often it is that reality crashes into our lives and...
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Search #130: Stand Out, Cry Out, Follow Him!
So, a few weeks ago, I went to this diocesan youth retreat called Search. For those of you who don’t know what that is, I’ll give a quick and brief description. Search is, essentially, a three-day...
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What’s YOUR Name?
Some days, it’s hard for me to believe that God loves me. I look at my life and see all of my sins and failures, and I think…How in the world can God love ME? On days like this, I see myself as being...
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The Power of Words
We know that words have power. More than likely, everyone reading this post has come to a point in life where they felt just about as low as a person can get, and someone encouraged them and lifted...
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Prayer: Attitude and Approach Matter
Any book on spirituality worth its salt stresses the importance of prayer in one’s daily life. But how many of us really understand what it is to pray? As Catholics, we have beautiful traditional...
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