Cathlic Teens - August 29, 2005

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:32:08 -0500, pwxsevere wrote
> Hey All--
>
> Sorry I'm late this week. Had to have an infected wisdom tooth
> removed the other morning, and that's set me back a bit. All of you
> who've had wisdom teeth removed, have my sympathies :-)
>
> Just a reminder of the events going on in Germany--World Youth Day.
> And the local vigil here at St. Peter's. It's open to everyone.
> The schedule is listed below. There'll even be a concert at 1215am
> and pizza at 130am :-)
>
> >> > > Question O' The Week:
> > Since we defined what a "protestant" is last week. I'll answer a
> > follow-
> up question.
> "Are Catholics better than Protestants?"
>
> -All people are made in the image and likeness of God. So no person
> is "better" or "worse" then anyone else. Now, on another level, if
> you were offered 2 cars, one a yellow station wagon with a hole in
> the gas tank halfway up(my first car--never filled the tank more
> then halfway) or two a new Mustang. Which one would you choose?
> Most of you would want the new Mustang. Why? Because it is better
> and more useful.
>
> There are holy people who are Catholics and there are holy people
> who are protestants. There are differences in what they teach and
> in how they came to be. On the one hand, Catholicism started with
> Jesus Christ making Peter the first pope. Protestantism was started
> by a human(Martin Luther) in the 1500's. If you had two religions,
> Catholicism, started by Jesus Christ, and protestantism, started by
> Martin Luther, which one would you choose? One started by God or by
> a human being? Of course, most people, when they know that, would
> want the one started by Jesus.
>
> This is not said to demean people who aren't Catholic. As I said,
> there are many holy people who aren't. I have friends who aren't
> Catholic. I like to use a food analogy. If God offered you a meal
> of steak and all the sides or a peanut butter and jelly sandwich-
> -which would you choose? Both will feed you, but one is a whole lot
> better. Catholicism is the steak :-)
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
>
> > >
> > "We Have Come to Worship Him"
> >
> > St. Peter Schedule World Youth Day Vigil:
> >
> > 800PM-Evening Prayer & Exposition
> >
> > 830-945PM-Confessions
> >
> > 1000PM-Night Prayer
> >
> > 1000PM-Midnight-Rosary at Family Planning Clinic
> >
> > 8PM-Midnight—Continuous coverage on EWTN in Kolbe Hall
> >
> > Midnight-Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary
> >
> > 1215AM-Jeff Pierce Concert
> >
> 130AM--Pizza!
>
> > 3AM-5AM--Concluding Papal Mass
> >
> > 7:00AM-Morning Prayer
> > 730AM-Parish Rosary
> > 745AM-Benediction
> > 800AM—Mass at St. Peter’s
> >
> > Highlights:
> > -All Night Adoration beginning at 8PM
> > -Continuous coverage on "the Big Screen" in Kolbe Hall via EWTN
> > -Lock-in for Grades 6-12. -Food!
> > -Rosary Making
> > -Games
> > -Time at Family Planning Clinic-10pm-Midnight
> >
> > St. Peter’s Parish
> > Phil Lawson
> > 800 Fourth Ave
> > Stevens Point, WI 54481
> > 715-342-1509
> > pwxsevere@g2a.net
> >
>
> God bless you!
> Phil Lawson
>
> "It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may
> live as you wish." --Mother Teresa

"It is a poverty to decide that a child must die so that you may live as you
wish." --Mother Teresa