Catholic Teens - May 17, 2005

On Tue, 17 May 2005 12:43:04 -0500, pwxsevere wrote
> Hey All,
>
> This will be the last weekly email for a bit. I fly to San Diego
> early next week to get married on Sat. May 28th. My fiancee' is
> from San Diego--at least it'll be warmer!
>
> After that we are going on a honeymoon to Rome, June 6th-13th.
> While there we will have the opportunity to attend Pope Benedict
> XVI's Wednesday audience and then hopefully meet him and receive his
> blessing. :-)
>
> Every Wednesday after his audience, the pope meets individually with
> couples who have been married within the last 2 months and attend
> the audience in their wedding attire. He then blesses each couple
> individually. How awesome is that!
>
> Needless, to say the next few weeks will be a bit busy :-) I ask
> for your prayers as my fiancee' and I fulfill the vocation God has
> placed in our hearts. And what a beautiful thing it is to find your
> vocation with 100% certainty and then to do it!
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------
>
> Question 'o the Week!
>
> is saying the "b-word or s-word", etc a sin?
>
> --Yes--Kind of. It is not a sin against God like taking the Lord's
> name in Vain. But it is hurtful to people especially the "b-word"
> and that falls under the 5th commandment not to kill (physically or
> verbally). To the extent that the "s-word" gives offense to people
> we also should not say it--- as well there are millions of words in
> the language, why use nasty words?
>
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>
> May God bless you all as you finish out your school year!
> In Christ,
> 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