St. Francis Youth Group

The website Integrated Catholic Life has a very encouraging article "What Every Mother needs to know about Raising Catholic Kids." If this is you, check it out! (Dad's can read it too) :)

• First, parents should know that the world, generally, will not support their efforts to raise their children in the Catholic faith. That’s not being negative. It’s stating a fact, which is also nothing new. Since the time Jesus walked the earth Christian beliefs and Christians themselves have been persecuted. We need to arm ourselves with a joyful demeanor and live the Christian live fully without expecting it to be easy or to be applauded.
• The world will frequently contradict our desires to be modest, chaste, kinad, generous, patient, temperate, and holy. We must be modest, chaste, kind, generous, patient, temperate and holy anyway.

http://www.integratedcatholiclife.org/2012/05/thomas-style-what-every-mother-needs-to-know-about-raising-catholic-kids/

Also, I apologize for not keeping up with our reflections yesterday! Here are yesterday's and today's offerings for Mary, as well as today's reflection:

May 8th - Offer Mary today: Jesus himself, when we receive Him in holy Communion

May 9th - Mary: Welcoming to the Shepards
"You must look at the Child in the manger. He is our Love. Look at him, realizing the whole thing is a mystery. We need to accept this mystery on faith and use our faith to explore it very deeply. To do this, we must have the humble attitude of a Christian soul."

"Let us offer to our Mother today: Small hidden sacrifices, especially those that go against the grain."


Be Holy!