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Lent One Day at a time for Catholic Teens  Read Matthew 6:1-21 and write a brief note to Jesus giving your plans for Lent. Try three things that match the three disciplines of Lent: Prayer, Fasting, and Almsgiving. Jesus, I am planning to make a holy hour, g...

Mary is confronted by the angel Gabriel, and completely taken by surprise. She hears that God has favor with her, and she says, Behold, I am the handmaid of the Lord. Be it done unto me according to Thy word. This complete trust in God is amazing, and often ha...

One of the things I think is very underappreciated is the simple prayer of thanks to God. In the examen, it invites us to name each blessing of the day, and every one. I fell that this is very powerful, because we need to give thanks to God more. We often acce...

Lent one day at a time for Catholic teens Grow your Soul Write about a struggle you had to overcome. Ask yourself: how did I make it through? Who helped me along the way? One struggle I overcame was a couple of soccer lessons where I knew nobody and the coa...

Lent one day at a time for Catholic teens Grow your Soul One moment that I fell short of being the person I wanted to be was when I resolved I was going to quit bloxd and youtube, and I was not able to. One thing I learned from this though was that sometimes...

This mystery is simply mind blowing. God, the greatest being on earth, came to the earth to save us... as a mighty king? No. As a rich and powerful warlord? No. He came as a newborn, an infant, to save us. He humbled himself so greatly that He came as the poor...

This week's wins (LODATFCT) Some ways I stayed true to my Lenten sacrifices and fasting was fasting on Wednesdays and Fridays, taking cold showers, morning offering and the Examen, and no sweets or desserts. I set aside time for prayer when I assured I would...

This mystery is great for me because it teaches obedience and faith. Mary, being the perfect woman, had no need to go the the temple to present Jesus, because the idea was the presentation was to cleanse the baby of his mother's sin. But in accordance with the...

One thing I heave noticed is the absence of catholic/spiritual books around to borrow: it seems you always have to buy them. This is not entirely bad, but it would be nice to have a lending library, especially since the public library's 'spiritual books' are a...