Catholic Teens 10-31-06

Hey All—
We celebrate All Saints Day on Wednesday. There are billions of saints(all those in Heaven) and there are only 365 days a year. How to honor each one? Some get their own day..like St. Martin de Porres this Friday, but the majority don’t. Hence, All Saints Day, where we honor all the holy men and women that went before us. It is a day of celebration. And if you had lived 500 years ago, it’d be a national holiday, with no work or school J Too bad times have changed….

Realize that those saints in Heaven are also praying for you and me to someday join them!

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Question O' The Week:
“Why is the Catholic Church negatively portrayed so often in the movies and news.”

-Very perceptive question. Some of the negatives are self-inflicted through the sins of certain members of the Church. Yet, much of it isn’t. The things the Church stands for are often at odds with what segments of society want to see. The majority in the entertainment industry and news are pro-abortion, pro-embryonic stem cell research, pro-homosexual marriage, and against having too much to do or say about God. The Catholic Church, because of its size, tradition, and especially, Divine founding, is the organization that stands in the way of a lot of those things happening. If they can defeat the Church, it’s all the better for what they want.

On a deeper spiritual level, you have to ask what else is behind the attacks on the Church. God established the Church as His instrument on earth to help people get to heaven. The devil certainly doesn’t like that. And the devil is going to do everything he can to attack the church. And the devil can certainly use entertainment or news.

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Intentions:
-For those Confirmed at St. Peter’s this past Sunday, that they may be bold proclaimers of the Gospel, using the Gifts they’ve received in service to God.
-For the election next Tuesday, that God’s Will be done.
-For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.
-For peace in the world and an end to terrorism.
-For all the other intentions you hold in your hearts, we pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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Announcements:

The Youth Group, Generation JPII:.
The next meeting is Sunday night, November 5th 6-8PM. We’ll be talking about Prayer with Fr. Louis. He’s always a treat! Mark your calendars!
Look for meetings to be held the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month
God bless you!
Phil Lawson

For more information on St. Peters check out the parish website: www.saintpetercatholic.com

Catholic Teens is a weekly email from Phil Lawson to Catholic Teenagers. To receive these weekly reflections, send an email to lawsphil@gmail.com. On the other hand, if you’d like to be removed from this list, please send an email indicating that.

Catholic Teens 10-24-06

Hey All—
We just finished our 2nd weekend of Confirmation retreats. After reading the evaluations, it looks like everyone had a good time and got closer to God in the process. A retreat is not supposed to be a boring event. A good retreat refreshes a person. It allows for the opportunity to get away from the chaos of our every day life and take a step back to focus on the deeper issues of life. Our lives can be so busy and so noisy that God gets pushed into the background. A retreat helps us to “re-connect” and provides a fruitful environment for that to occur. Likewise, it is not unusual to have a profound spiritual experience of God at a retreat. These are important, because we carry this experience and memory with us through our whole life. And these events help to sustain us through the doubts and hard times.

And lest anyone think that a retreat has to be nothing but prayer on your knees, ask the students who convinced Fr. Louis to play charades last weekend with them! Or the guys who I spent an hour and a half playing football with and then rock climbing J


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Question O' The Week:
“How can we get better at seeing Christ in others?”

-Good question. It is what we’re all called to do, but it’s easier said then done.
The easiest way to get closer to Christ. Take a look at Mark 12:28-31 where Jesus enunciates the Greatest Commandment. Notice what comes first. “Loving God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.” After that comes “loving your neighbor.” Jesus does this on purpose. If you truly love God above everything and with your whole being, you CAN’T help but love others as He does. It’s impossible to fully love God and not love your neighbors. Why? Because to get close to God is to then view everyone else as God does—with eyes of Love.

Do this and you will no longer be viewing others from a mere human standpoint, but through the eyes of God. And you will see each person as beloved in His eyes, even if disfigured by sin; and like the eyes of God, desiring that they come back to Him. And who knows, you might just be the instrument He uses for that end.

Again, easier said then done, but possible with God’s help. If you make an effort to pray frequently and even ask God directly to help you with this, He will. I often encourage college students to pray the Rosary when walking to class. That helps keep Jesus constantly before you and hence also before those you see.



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Intentions:
-For those being Confirmed at St. Peter’s this Sunday.
-For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.
-For peace in the world and an end to terrorism.
-For all the other intentions you hold in your hearts, we pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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Announcements:

The Youth Group, Generation JPII:.
The next meeting is Sunday night, November 5th 6-8PM. We’ll be talking about Prayer! Mark your calendars!
Look for meetings to be held the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month
****In addition it sounds like there’ll be a pumpkin carving outing coming up in the near future J

God bless you!
Phil Lawson

For more information on St. Peters check out the parish website: www.saintpetercatholic.com

Catholic Teens is a weekly email from Phil Lawson to Catholic Teenagers. To receive these weekly reflections, send an email to lawsphil@gmail.com. On the other hand, if you’d like to be removed from this list, please send an email indicating that.

Catholic Teens 10-24-06

Hey All—
We just finished our 2nd weekend of Confirmation retreats. After reading the evaluations, it looks like everyone had a good time and got closer to God in the process. A retreat is not supposed to be a boring event. A good retreat refreshes a person. It allows for the opportunity to get away from the chaos of our every day life and take a step back to focus on the deeper issues of life. Our lives can be so busy and so noisy that God gets pushed into the background. A retreat helps us to “re-connect” and provides a fruitful environment for that to occur. Likewise, it is not unusual to have a profound spiritual experience of God at a retreat. These are important, because we carry this experience and memory with us through our whole life. And these events help to sustain us through the doubts and hard times.

And lest anyone think that a retreat has to be nothing but prayer on your knees, ask the students who convinced Fr. Louis to play charades last weekend with them! Or the guys who I spent an hour and a half playing football with and then rock climbing J


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Question O' The Week:
“How can we get better at seeing Christ in others?”

-Good question. It is what we’re all called to do, but it’s easier said then done.
The easiest way to get closer to Christ. Take a look at Mark 12:28-31 where Jesus enunciates the Greatest Commandment. Notice what comes first. “Loving God with all your heart, soul, mind and strength.” After that comes “loving your neighbor.” Jesus does this on purpose. If you truly love God above everything and with your whole being, you CAN’T help but love others as He does. It’s impossible to fully love God and not love your neighbors. Why? Because to get close to God is to then view everyone else as God does—with eyes of Love.

Do this and you will no longer be viewing others from a mere human standpoint, but through the eyes of God. And you will see each person as beloved in His eyes, even if disfigured by sin; and like the eyes of God, desiring that they come back to Him. And who knows, you might just be the instrument He uses for that end.

Again, easier said then done, but possible with God’s help. If you make an effort to pray frequently and even ask God directly to help you with this, He will. I often encourage college students to pray the Rosary when walking to class. That helps keep Jesus constantly before you and hence also before those you see.



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Intentions:
-For those being Confirmed at St. Peter’s this Sunday.
-For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.
-For peace in the world and an end to terrorism.
-For all the other intentions you hold in your hearts, we pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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Announcements:

The Youth Group, Generation JPII:.
The next meeting is Sunday night, November 5th 6-8PM. We’ll be talking about Prayer! Mark your calendars!
Look for meetings to be held the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month
****In addition it sounds like there’ll be a pumpkin carving outing coming up in the near future J

God bless you!
Phil Lawson

For more information on St. Peters check out the parish website: www.saintpetercatholic.com

Catholic Teens is a weekly email from Phil Lawson to Catholic Teenagers. To receive these weekly reflections, send an email to lawsphil@gmail.com. On the other hand, if you’d like to be removed from this list, please send an email indicating that.

Catholic Teens 10-17-06

Hey All—
Check out the story of this priest in Vietnam. What an amazing story of faith. And it’s awesome how he can look at his imprisonment as being part of the mission God had for him.
Imprisonment a Mission of Faith for PriestSpent 12 Years in Vietnamese Jail ROME, OCT. 10, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Far from considering his imprisonment in Vietnam a tragedy, Father Joseph Nguyen Cong Doan sees it as a mission of evangelization. Speaking on Vatican Radio, the priest commented on his 12 years in a Vietnamese jail, accused of being a counter-revolutionary. Father Doan, 65, is a native of Vietnam, and was ordained a priest of the Society of Jesus in 1970. He was studying in Rome at the Biblical Institute when, in 1975, he was sent to Vietnam shortly before the fall of Saigon. The city name was changed to Ho Chi Minh City in 1975 when the Communist government took over. "The first 15 years" in the country, "that is, until the fall of the Berlin Wall, were very hard due to prejudices caused by history," explained the Vietnamese priest on Vatican Radio.
\nBecause "Western colonialism generated great confusion\nbetween the Church and colonialism itself ... there were many\nprejudices which made life hard. The Communist government suspected the\nChurch of being an accomplice of colonialism, so the Church\nsuffered from very tight control measures," said Father Doan.\n\nSpeaking of\nthe years he spent in prison, the priest said: "I\nnever regarded this sentence as a tragedy. For me it\nwas a mission."\n\nIt was a mission "with the prisoners, because\nit was the only way they could have a chaplain,"\nas "priests could not enter prisons."\n\nIn prison, "we were able\nto help much in clarifying numerous aspects, very many suspicions\nagainst the Church," "and a sort of dialogue was born,"\nhe said.\n\nPriestly presence\n\nThere were "political prisoners and ordinary prisoners" in\nthe jail. However, "the presence of a priest was very\nrespected, including by non-Christians," said the priest.\n\nMoreover, "many means" were\nfound "to celebrate Mass discreetly and to distribute Communion and\nthe sacrament of reconciliation to Catholic prisoners," stated Father Doan.\n\n"The\nChurch has always sought to contribute and cooperate in rebuilding\nthe country after so many years of war. Thus, little\nby little, a good relationship has been created. The seminaries\nare also full of young people. There are now seven\nseminaries in the country. It is still not enough, but\nit is already a lot," he explained on Vatican Radio.\n\nIn\nso far as professing the faith at present, without the\nrisk of persecution, Father Doan said that "problems are still\nperceived for those Churches that declare themselves to the government,\nbut everything is public for the Catholic Church; therefore, they\nare no longer afraid of Catholics.\n\n"The clearest teaching is that\nof St. Peter, who says we must always be prepared\nto give the reason for the hope that is in\nus, with love, patience and respect."\n",1]
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Because "Western colonialism generated great confusion between the Church and colonialism itself ... there were many prejudices which made life hard. The Communist government suspected the Church of being an accomplice of colonialism, so the Church suffered from very tight control measures," said Father Doan. Speaking of the years he spent in prison, the priest said: "I never regarded this sentence as a tragedy. For me it was a mission." It was a mission "with the prisoners, because it was the only way they could have a chaplain," as "priests could not enter prisons." In prison, "we were able to help much in clarifying numerous aspects, very many suspicions against the Church," "and a sort of dialogue was born," he said. Priestly presence There were "political prisoners and ordinary prisoners" in the jail. However, "the presence of a priest was very respected, including by non-Christians," said the priest. Moreover, "many means" were found "to celebrate Mass discreetly and to distribute Communion and the sacrament of reconciliation to Catholic prisoners," stated Father Doan. "The Church has always sought to contribute and cooperate in rebuilding the country after so many years of war. Thus, little by little, a good relationship has been created. The seminaries are also full of young people. There are now seven seminaries in the country. It is still not enough, but it is already a lot," he explained on Vatican Radio. In so far as professing the faith at present, without the risk of persecution, Father Doan said that "problems are still perceived for those Churches that declare themselves to the government, but everything is public for the Catholic Church; therefore, they are no longer afraid of Catholics. "The clearest teaching is that of St. Peter, who says we must always be prepared to give the reason for the hope that is in us, with love, patience and respect."
\n"So, after many years, the\nChurch in Vietnam has been able to create a dialogue,\nand, every year, the Holy See can send a delegation\nto the country to address several questions regarding the life\nof the Church ... though there are no diplomatic relations\nbetween the two states," he added.\n\n"All this is the result\nof the spirit of love, patience and respect, as St.\nPeter affirmed," said Father Doan.\n\nVietnam has over 80 million inhabitants,\nmore than 80% of whom do not practice any creed.\nIt is estimated that Catholics number more than 6 million\nand it is thought that between 80-90% of Catholics are\nactive.\n \nZE06101029\nemail this article\nTOP\n\n1st Knight-of-Columbus-Bishop to Be CanonizedRafael Guízar Valencia Known for His Zeal\n\nROME,\nOCT. 10, 2006 (Zenit.org).- Bishop Rafael Guízar Valencia will\nbecome the seventh Knight of Columbus to be canonized, but\nthe first bishop of the Catholic organization to be declared\na saint.\n \nPope John Paul II declared six other knights\nsaints in 2000, all of whom were martyred in Mexico\nduring the persecutions of the 1920s and 1930s.\n\n"We welcome the\ncanonization of our brother knight, Bishop Guízar Valencia, and know\nthat his life of courage and legacy of evangelization will\nbe an inspiration to each of our 1.7 million members\naround the world," said Carl Anderson, supreme knight.\n\nAnderson said that\nhe will attend the Oct. 15 canonization ceremony in Rome,\npresided over by Benedict XVI.\n\nRafael Guízar Valencia (1878 -1938) was\nborn in Cotija de la Paz, Michoacan, Mexico, and ordained\na priest in 1901.\n",1]
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"So, after many years, the Church in Vietnam has been able to create a dialogue, and, every year, the Holy See can send a delegation to the country to address several questions regarding the life of the Church ... though there are no diplomatic relations between the two states," he added. "All this is the result of the spirit of love, patience and respect, as St. Peter affirmed," said Father Doan. Vietnam has over 80 million inhabitants, more than 80% of whom do not practice any creed. It is estimated that Catholics number more than 6 million and it is thought that between 80-90% of Catholics are active. ZE0610102

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Question O' The Week:

How do you talk to a Protestant about "Being Saved"? (Part II)
-Chances are anyone asking you that question has a familiarity with the Bible. So, in order to debate on their ground, you need to cite the Bible as well.

Recall that the Church teaches that “being saved” is an ongoing process. St. Paul taught this in Philippians 2:12 “work our your salvation with fear and trembling.” Elsewhere he talks about “running the race” as an ongoing process of conversion, conforming ourselves to God.

There is an Apologetics Concordance put out by San Juan Catholic Seminars, copyright 1999. This is an excellent resource that cites the above verse and those that follow:

Salvation as a Past Event: “I have been saved”
Rom 8:24 “for in hope we were saved”
Eph 2:5, 8 “by grace you have been saved through faith”
2 Tim 1:9 “he saved us, called us, according to his grace”
Titus 3:5 “he saved us thru the bath of rebirth, renewal by Holy Spirit”

Salvation as a Present Event: “I am being saved”
Phil 2:12 –See above
1 Peter 1:9 “as you attain the goal of your faith, salvation”
Salvation as a Future Event “I will be saved”
Mt 10:22 “he who endures to the end will be saved”
Mt 24:13 “he who perseveres to the end will be saved”
Mk 8:35 “whoever loses his life for my sake will save it”
Acts 15:11 “we shall be saved through the grace of Jesus.”
Romans 5:9-10 “since we are justified we shall be saved”
Romans 13:11 “salvation is nearer now than first believed”
1 Cor 3:15 “he will be saved, but only as through fire”
Heb 9:28 “Jesus will appear second time to bring salvation”

As you can see, the Bible taken in totality, points toward an ongoing process of “being saved.” Which, not surprisingly is what the Catholic Church teaches. You are now equipped next time someone asks you that question. You started being saved at Baptism and have been going forward ever since, and by the Grace of God, will keep “being saved” all the way to Heaven.

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Intentions:
-For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.
-For peace in the world and an end to terrorism.
-For the victims of the earthquake in Hawaii
-For the boys Confirmation Retreat this weekend.
-For all the other intentions you hold in your hearts, we pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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Announcements:

The Youth Group, Generation JPII:.
The next meeting is Sunday night, November 5th 6-8PM. We’ll be talking about Prayer! Mark your calendars!
Look for meetings to be held the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month
****In addition it sounds like there’ll be a pumpkin carving outing coming up in the near future.

God bless you!
Phil Lawson

For more information on St. Peters check out the parish website: www.saintpetercatholic.com

Catholic Teens is a weekly email from Phil Lawson to Catholic Teenagers. To receive these weekly reflections, send an email to lawsphil@gmail.com. On the other hand, if you’d like to be removed from this list, please send an email indicating that.

Catholic Teens 10-10-06

Hey All—

This prayer card was passed on to me:
No Time
I knelt to pray, but not for long,
I had too much to do,
Must hurry off and get to work
For bills would soon be due.

And so I said a hurried prayer,
Jumped up from off my knees;
My Christian duty now was done,
My soul could be at ease.

All through the day I had no time
To speak a word of cheer,
No time to speak of Christ to friends
They’d laugh at me, I feared.

No time, no time, too much to do—
That was my constant cry;
No time to give to those in need—
At last ‘twas time to die.

And when before the Lord I came,
I stood with downcast eyes,
Within His hands He held a Book.
It was the “Book of Life.”

God looked into His Book and said,
“Your name I cannot find,
I once was going to write it down,
But never found the time.”
-Copyright Fratelli Bonella-Italy

Quite a striking little poem.

Now there are all sorts of ways one can argue, cajole, or try to persuade someone to go to Mass every Sunday.

Yet, on a certain level it all boils down to: God said to do it. So do it. Period. End of Debate. Ever try arguing with God? It doesn’t work too well. As someone wisely commented, “they’re not the 10 Recommendations.”


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Question O' The Week:

How do you talk to a Protestant about "Being Saved"?
-The Catholic teaching (and the teaching for the past 2000 years) is that “being saved” that is getting to Heaven…is a lifelong process. It is the choice every day to follow God as opposed to one’s own desires or the various temptations of the world. We start “being saved” at our Baptism, when we are made “children of God.” To the extent that we live that out the rest of our life…we are continually “being saved.”

Now Protestants..that is those Christians who aren’t Catholic tend to have a different understanding of this. It’s complicated further by the fact that their view depends on which branch of protestant they are. For instance, someone who goes to Woodlands or any non-denominational church will have a different view then someone who’s a Lutheran. So the first step, once you understand what the Catholic teaching is, is to find out where they are at—what they believe.

Then you can engage them. And I’ll write more about that next week J

*Note---I’m running low on questions…so send them on in.
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Intentions:
-For the girls from St. Peter's on their Confirmation Retreat this weekend.
-For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.
-For peace in the world and an end to terrorism.
-In thanksgiving for Fr. Dennis Worzella’s recovery and return!
-For a peaceful resolution to the nuclear standoff with North Korea.
-For persecuted Christians.

-For all the other intentions you hold in your hearts, we pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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Announcements:

The Youth Group, Generation JPII:.
The next meeting is Sunday night, October 15th 6-8PM. We’ll be talking about Modesty & Chastity—anybody think those aren’t needed today?! Mark your calendars!
Look for meetings to be held the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month

God bless you!
Phil Lawson

For more information on St. Peters check out the parish website: http://www.saintpetercatholic.com/

Catholic Teens is a weekly email from Phil Lawson to Catholic Teenagers. To receive these weekly reflections, send an email to lawsphil@gmail.com. On the other hand, if you’d like to be removed from this list, please send an email indicating that.

Catholic Teens 10-10-06

Hey All—

This prayer card was passed on to me:
No Time
I knelt to pray, but not for long,
I had too much to do,
Must hurry off and get to work
For bills would soon be due.

And so I said a hurried prayer,
Jumped up from off my knees;
My Christian duty now was done,
My soul could be at ease.

All through the day I had no time
To speak a word of cheer,
No time to speak of Christ to friends
They’d laugh at me, I feared.

No time, no time, too much to do—
That was my constant cry;
No time to give to those in need—
At last ‘twas time to die.

And when before the Lord I came,
I stood with downcast eyes,
Within His hands He held a Book.
It was the “Book of Life.”

God looked into His Book and said,
“Your name I cannot find,
I once was going to write it down,
But never found the time.”
-Copyright Fratelli Bonella-Italy

Quite a striking little poem.

Now there are all sorts of ways one can argue, cajole, or try to persuade someone to go to Mass every Sunday.

Yet, on a certain level it all boils down to: God said to do it. So do it. Period. End of Debate. Ever try arguing with God? It doesn’t work too well. As someone wisely commented, “they’re not the 10 Recommendations.”


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Question O' The Week:

How do you talk to a Protestant about "Being Saved"?
-The Catholic teaching (and the teaching for the past 2000 years) is that “being saved” that is getting to Heaven…is a lifelong process. It is the choice every day to follow God as opposed to one’s own desires or the various temptations of the world. We start “being saved” at our Baptism, when we are made “children of God.” To the extent that we live that out the rest of our life…we are continually “being saved.”

Now Protestants..that is those Christians who aren’t Catholic tend to have a different understanding of this. It’s complicated further by the fact that their view depends on which branch of protestant they are. For instance, someone who goes to Woodlands or any non-denominational church will have a different view then someone who’s a Lutheran. So the first step, once you understand what the Catholic teaching is, is to find out where they are at—what they believe.

Then you can engage them. And I’ll write more about that next week J

*Note---I’m running low on questions…so send them on in.
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Intentions:
-For the girls from St. Peter's on their Confirmation Retreat this weekend.
-For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.
-For peace in the world and an end to terrorism.
-In thanksgiving for Fr. Dennis Worzella’s recovery and return!
-For a peaceful resolution to the nuclear standoff with North Korea.
-For persecuted Christians.

-For all the other intentions you hold in your hearts, we pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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Announcements:

The Youth Group, Generation JPII:.
The next meeting is Sunday night, October 15th 6-8PM. We’ll be talking about Modesty & Chastity—anybody think those aren’t needed today?! Mark your calendars!
Look for meetings to be held the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month

God bless you!
Phil Lawson

For more information on St. Peters check out the parish website: www.saintpetercatholic.com

Catholic Teens is a weekly email from Phil Lawson to Catholic Teenagers. To receive these weekly reflections, send an email to lawsphil@gmail.com. On the other hand, if you’d like to be removed from this list, please send an email indicating that.

Catholic Teens 10-3-06

Hey All—

Salesman for God

The priest who helped facilitate my return to the Catholic Church had a great line:

When someone would complain about God or the Church He established, Fr. Dulek would look at them and say “That’s a question for management, I’m in sales.”

Of course the conversation did not end there, and Father was happy to go deeper, but it reflects the role we have.

We’re all in the sales department. We don’t make up the rules, we just implement them. And going further, we’re not in charge of all the background details, we just present the product…Christianity. God does the rest.

Indeed, we get into trouble when we start thinking “it all depends on us.” It doesn’t. We’re just the instruments. God is the one who moves hearts.

Of course, a good salesman totally believes in his or her product, and is therefore much more convincing. The more convinced we are of our “product” Christianity, the more effective we’ll be as “salesman for God”.

(By the way, I wasn’t Catholic 7 years ago---but that’s a story for another time J ).


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Question O' The Week:

“If God is all forgiving, why would He throw Adam & Eve into Hell for just eating an apple?”

-Well we don’t know if Adam & Eve are in hell. And God is all-forgiving. But you have to want that forgiveness. Remember, the people in hell don’t want anything to do with God, much less forgiveness from Him. The people in hell have rejected God completely.

-As far as “just for eating an apple.” You could say that about any sin. “It’s just a lie.” “It’s just sex outside of marriage.” “It’s just an abortion.” At the root of all sin is a choice to do the opposite of what God desires. The same evil intention is there whether the sin is “serious” or “small”. And of course, the “small” sins lead to bigger ones.

-Even though it was just a piece of fruit, it was done to challenge God so that, in the words of the serpent, “they could become like gods.”

*Note: Time for you guys to send in some more questions…I’m getting low J

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Intentions:
-For our Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI.
-For a family, formerly of Stevens Point, who just experienced a miscarriage.
-For Jan (my Mom) who is having surgery tomorrow.
-For peace in the world and an end to terrorism.
-For the continued recovery of Fr. Dennis Worzella
(He is hoping to come back to Stevens Point soon!)

-For all the other intentions you hold in your hearts, we pray to the Lord.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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Announcements:

The Youth Group, Generation JPII will be picking up full-steam ahead in September.
The next meeting is Sunday night, October 15th 6-8PM. We’ll be talking about Modesty & Chastity—anybody think those aren’t needed today?! Mark your calendars!
Look for meetings to be held the 1st & 3rd Sunday of each month

God bless you!
Phil Lawson

For more information on St. Peters check out the parish website: www.saintpetercatholic.com

Catholic Teens is a weekly email from Phil Lawson to Catholic Teenagers. To receive these weekly reflections, send an email to lawsphil@gmail.com. On the other hand, if you’d like to be removed from this list, please send an email indicating that.