Catholic Teens - October 26, 2005

Hey All--
Confirmation takes place at St. Peter's this Sunday at 2PM with Bishop
Listecki. The Confirmation Mass actually counts for the regular Sunday Mass- -so feel free to come to it! And even if you can't come, please keep these
young souls in your prayers as they prepare to receive the Gift of the Holy
Spirit.
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Question of the Week:
"How can priests be good marriage counsellors if they don't know what it's
like?"
--This is a typical question posed. And it really has a very easy answer.
If having experienced something was the only way to counsel someone, no one
good be an alcohol and drug counselor unless they had once been addicted, no
doctor could treat cancer, unless he had experienced cancer himself. No
male doctor could ever deliver a baby, because well "he doesn't know what
it's like." See the problem?
While experiencing something can often be helpful, it is certainly not
necessary to being a good counselor. Think of your counselors at school.
Regarding priests, the opposite can be said, they have dealt with so many
people in so many situations, they have more experience and stories, then
most people who are married. They also have the extra grace via the
Sacrament of Ordination, which certainly helps them give good counseling,
and more then just human counselining, but the counselling that God desires
to give. (I think I'll take that over just a human's advice :-) ).
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Upcoming Events:
-St. Peter's Youth Group for 8th Grade and up--meets 1st
Sunday of each month from 630-800PM. Next meeting is Sunday,
November 6th!
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