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LifeTeen.com Podcast
Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: 10/07/2012
This week’s readings are all about marriage. God had a purpose when He designed man and woman and a plan for what the Sacrament of Marriage should be. The Church is merely the guardian of what God has already ordained and created us for.
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: 09/30/2012
Where are you putting your energy? It might be a good idea to look at your life and see if you’re wasting time fighting against people who believe in and love the same God as you. What if instead you spent your energy fighting against sin and the evil one?
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: 09/23/2012
What would it take for you to live according to God’s way of peace, instead of according to the world’s way of being emotional and reactive?
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God Made Sex (and He Made it Sacred)
God is one creative Creator. He gave us the cosmos, the sun, the moon, and the stars. He gave us the mountains and the seas, volcanoes and icebergs, tropical rainforests and sand-covered beaches. He gave us the humpback whale, the platypus, the giraffe and the dragonfly. God also gave us humanity. God created us male and female – beautifully distinct and wonderfully made in His divine image. God created marriage and God created sex.
Did you catch that last line?
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: 09/16/2012
In the Catholic life, you have to live the “both/and.” You have to make a resolve and accompany it with prayer. If you want to follow Christ you have to lay down your life and take up the cross.
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To Party or Not to Party: The "Good Influence" Argument
Not going to the party makes a much bolder statement. It doesn’t mean you’re judgmental. It doesn’t mean you’re anti-fun or anti-friend. It means you’re pro-God. You might think people won’t notice or won’t care, but you’re wrong. No, the entire school might not take notice but some people will. Your courageous example to step away might be exactly what others need to see to do the same. There are others who, if given another option, would rather not be at the party.
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Thinking About Drinking?: The Bible, Alcohol, and You
I talk to teenagers just about every day, and the conversations are often the same. They deal with the Bible and what the Church teaches and how challenging it can be to live a holy life in an unholy culture. I’d say that most teens that I talk to are truly looking for the Lord; some, however, are looking less for the Lord and more for the “loopholes.” For instance: “I heard that the Bible doesn’t say drinking alcohol is a sin.”
“Well, no, the Bible does not say that drinking alcohol is a sin,” I respond. I then go on to explain that it does become sinful (very easily), if any of the following happen…
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: 09/09/2012
Because we are physical beings, Christ uses physical things to interact with us. In the Gospel He heals through touch and in the Sacraments He gives us Himself through the things He has created. Are you going to let God heal and restore you today?
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: 09/02/2012
The Ten Commandments are actually a gift to us, even though you might not always feel like they are. They’re the context in which we’re able to gain eternal life.
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: 08/26/2012
How do you react when things get hard? Are you willing to move forward and trust in God? We face this question almost daily and this Sunday the readings give us hope for those hard times.
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Blessed the Beggar: Who Are the “Poor in Spirit”?
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.” (Matthew 5:3)
This is one of those Scripture passages that many people “know” (meaning, they’ve heard it before) but countless people fail to understand. My own parochial school teacher taught us that it simply meant God loves poor people “more.”
Ummm, to put it as charitably and bluntly as possible . . . no, that’s not what it means . . .
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Sunday, Sunday, Sunday: 08/19/2012
By giving us the Bread of Life, God is inviting us to partake in His heavenly life. Will you say “yes”?