Healed by His Wounds
In my 22 years of life, I have seen God work in ways I never thought possible. Despite my lack of faith in His love, mercy and goodness He has always remained faithful. I know this can sound obvious for those who have been raised Catholic and who have heard these words over and over again. But do we really believe that God who created the heavens and Earth comes to meet us in all our mess, in all our poverty, and all our pain to set us free? This is where we cry out to God to help our unbelief.
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Seven Principles for Having Spicy Conversations with Youths
By “spicy,” I mean controversial or emotive or uncomfortable. You know the ones I’m talking about.
“Does the Church really hate gay people?”
“Why can’t women be priests?”
“How can God be a good person when He does so many bad things?”
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An Open Letter On Singleness
Hey 15 year old Anti,
Beautiful Anti, (I know that you won’t admit that you need to hear yourself be called beautiful at the moment, or that you don’t quite believe it. So let it be spoken over your life until it settles in your heart years from now) allow me to introduce myself.
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Learning to be Human
“What do I want?”
That question has given me a surprising amount of sleepless nights. For a simple question, it’s rarely an easy one to answer. There are some obvious prompts: I want love, fulfilment, hope, joy, peace; I want money, relationships, freedom, stability; I want people to like me, I want to be important, or useful, in the sense that I want to meaningfully contribute to the world…
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Hineini "Here I am"
For those of us who have been involved in Catholic mission before, in youth ministry or even just in the Catholic faith, we have most likely heard countless clichés about mission such as statements like; “It’s so challenging but so rewarding!”, “It was the best year of my life!”, “I grew so much as a person!”.
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Discernment For Vocation & Life
The young adult years are a time when discernment skills are invaluable! Navigating decisions such as what to do after school, which ministry to move into, who to date, whether to check out priesthood or consecrated life, where to live, whether to travel or save $$ and (the big one) what is the ultimate purpose of my life are all things that most young adults need to consider at some stage.
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Secrets of Self-Control
‘The only thing I can’t resist is temptation’ (Oscar Wilde)
Self-control *sighs*
I know what’s good for me. I know what’s bad. I know moderation is important. And yet, ‘…I do not do what I want, but the very thing I hate.’ (Roman’s 7:15). As humans we love control, and yet we suck at controlling the one thing we can control – ourselves.
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Hope-for-Young Australians
Hope.
At the end of my year on YMT (2021 in case you’re interested) my Team ran an Encounter Night. The crux of the night was a reflection on our identity. For context, we spoke about how names in the bible have great importance and when someone encounters God in a new way it often comes with a name change that better captures their identity or purpose – think Simon to Peter (meaning the rock) or Abram to Abraham (Father of many).
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