LifeTeen Presents: Beautiful Me!

I'd be willing to bet that most of us have looked at ourselves at some point in our lives and wished that we were different, smarter, more beautiful, more popular, funnier, noticed... Many of us have struggled with the feeling that we don't quite fit in, that we are not good enough, or even felt unsure about what the point of life is...

Merciful Redeemer LifeTeen invites you and your friends to a POWERFUL night in which we will explore and UNCOVER OUR TRUE WORTH. Whether you or someone you know is struggling with these questions, join us for a night that is sure to change your perspective on life!

WHO? - All high school students (gr. 9-12), whether Catholic or not, whether regular LifeTeeners or not!

WHEN? - This Saturday, January 21, from 7:00-10:10pm (starting with the youth Mass)

WHERE? - Merciful Redeemer Parish

WHY? - Because whether you realize it or not, you are amazing! :)

Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/255371537866919/

LifeTeen & Edge Resume this weekend!! :D

That's right! LifeTeen and Edge are both starting up again this weekend and we have lots of fun in store for you!

EDGE: 2012 STARRY NIGHT EDGE TALENT SHOW!

Friday, Jan 13 - 7:00-9:00pm
Edge participants will be performing. All students in grades 7 & 8 AND THEIR FAMILIES are welcome!
For more information, visit the FB Edge Event Page or the Edge Tab 

IT'S A MIRACLE!! - LifeTeen Night on Miracles

Friday, Jan 13 - 7:00-9:00pm
Magic tricks, Miracle Jeopardy and Q&A!! All high school students (grades 9-12) are welcome
For more information, visit the FB LifeTeen Event Page or the LifeTeen Tab

What does love look like?

What does love look like?

(Thanks goes to my good friend Andrew, who originally posted this from St. Alphonsus Liguori's "The Practice of the Love of Jesus Christ")

“But patience has a perfect work.” 11 The meaning of this is, that nothing is more pleasing to God than to see a soul suffering with patience all the crosses sent her by him. The effect of love is to liken the lover to the person loved. St. Francis de Sales said, "All the wounds of Christ are so many mouths, which preach to us that we must suffer for Him. The science of the Saints is to suffer constantly for Jesus; and in this way we shall soon become Saints." A person that loves Jesus Christ is anxious to be treated like Jesus Christ,-----poor, persecuted, and despised. St. John beheld all the Saints clothed in white, and with palms in their hands: “Clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands.” 12 The palm is the symbol of Martyrs, and yet all the Saints did not suffer Martyrdom;-----why, then, do all the Saints bear palms in their hands? St. Gregory replies, that all the Saints have been Martyrs either of the sword or of patience; so that, he adds, "we can be martyrs without the sword, if we keep patience." 13

The merit of a soul that loves Jesus Christ consists in loving and in suffering. Hear what our Lord said to St. Teresa: "Think you, my child, that merit consists in enjoyment? No, it consists in suffering and in loving. Look at My life, wholly embittered with afflictions. Be assured, my child, that the more My Father loves any one, the more sufferings He sends him; they are the standard of his love. Look at My wounds; your torments will never reach so far. It is absurd to suppose that My Father favors with His friendship those who are strangers to suffering." 14 And for our consolation St. Teresa makes this remark: "God never sends a trial, but he forthwith rewards it with some favor." 15 One day Jesus Christ appeared to the Blessed Baptista Varani, 16 and told her of three special favors which he is wont to bestow on cherished souls: the first is, not to sin; the second, which is greater, to perform good works; the third, and the greatest of all, to suffer for His love. So that St. Teresa 17 used to say, whenever anyone does something for God, the Almighty repays him with some trial. And therefore the Saints, on receiving tribulations, thanked God for them.

http://www.basilica.org/pages/ebooks/St.%20Alphonsus%20Liguori-The%20Practice%20of%20the%20Love%20of%20Jesus%20Christ.pdf