Any teens discerning vocations?

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@EllieC and all:
Alright alright alright guys, listen - why are you so afraid? Why is your faith so tremulous now that it may be shaken by one convincing professor?? This isn’t a future problem this is a NOW problem. People are convincing, there are swaying arguments for everything! I work with an atheisty person (he’s not sure) and a strong Protestant - I don’t agree with either of them and they don’t agree with me and we challenge each other accordingly. And it’s HARD! It’s HARD, man!! They have good arguments and facts and patterns and all sorts of stuff that bring doubt!

SO WHAT?! So you research! So you pray! So you remember the truth! So you accept humility and remember that we don’t know everything! My brothers and sisters God is good to us - what could any professor tell us that makes us forget that? It IS scary but that’s all the more reason to address it NOW!

Go to the apologetics threads and read up! Watch Fr. Mike Schmitz! BE NOT AFRAID! People are GOING to present arguments to you that make you question your faith, and even doubt it, AND THAT IS OKAY. “Lord I believe, help my unbelief”, Mark 9:24. Just don’t settle for the fear, or the doubt, or the questions! FIGHT FOR IT! Research, learn, ask, grow deeper!

I’m sure I’m repeating myself a lot but this is drastically important: WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF??? WHY are you afraid? It is NOT going to get easier, my friends, PLEASE address it now when you’re able to form your own opinions outside of college, outside of all these forces the world WILL throw at you - build on rock now, earlier, because the winds only pick up later.

You CAN build at any point in your life my dears, please don’t let me scare you, but why wait??
 
Could you reach out to the Catholic Church and ask
if they have anyone willing to pick people up to bring
them to Mass?
 
🙂🙂…Thank you. Yes, I am probably getting out of control with fear which is exactly what God tells us not to do. I don’t know why I am afraid. Our beautiful Catholic faith is so, so wonderful. I wish all could know the joy of our faith. The goodness of prayer, the sacraments, spiritual reading, the depth of apologetics.

I sense fear in seeing that people my age go to college and somehow that slips away…how?? I have no idea. Yet, I know it is a subtle and sly work of the devil that I might even succumb to fear because of it.

Thank you for reminding me that we cannot be afraid. That our world very much is going to be bouncing from pleasure to pleasure pushing out any idea of a life of freedom, freely given and freely received. A life in Christ. A life of faith. And most importantly that our Blessed Lord stands beside us and says “I love you”, “I will carry you”, “Do not be afraid”.

I am praying for all of you always. And let us always remember that we are pilgrims on this journey, little by little we are going to make it.

Thank you so so much for reminding me that the most important part of our faith… is having faith.

God bless❤️
 
You make a good point. These priests and monks who are celibate sure are lucky they don’t have a woman complaining at them all the time.
 
How is what working out? Dealing with the madness? Fighting for my faith? It’s rough, man, but the heaven moments are worth it all.
 
Hi everyone,

I am not teenager anymore. I am 26 y/o from the Philippines, a CPA and discerning as a religious brother. I have already met two congregations.

May we all have a fruiful lent.🙂
 
This new society of apostolic life whose primary apostolate is to pray and offer suffrage for the fast relief and release of the souls in purgatory. They are Society of the Holy Souls in Purgatory. They are looking for good people that are ready to respond to God’s call.
 
Hey! I never actually thought of it; that’s a good idea! I might think of doing that for next year now that I’m back home.
 
I forgot to tell you all, but I talked to my priest and he said we can start the confirmation process! It will be a few months before it happens and I have to figure out how to get to Mass and I have to choose a patron saint, but I am so excited!
 
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