RELOADING FAITH

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• A FAITH MATRIX
• FOR
• YOUNG PEOPLE
• TODAY

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The Disease is Adolescence and the symptoms are
Violence, Suicide, Drugs, Alcohol, Car Wrecks
and Poverty

• A headline of a recent Rolling Stone article

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Reflected in calling the present younger
generation...

• ...faithless!

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Young people,I see you as the sentinels of the
dawn of a new hope...

• ...Pope John Paul II
• July 4, 2001

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WHY TWO SUCH OPPOSING VIEWS?

• Society
• all that
• is negative

Church all that brings hope
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So who are you?
Messenger of destruction? Or Sentinel of
hope?
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What makes the difference?
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The way I see things...

• The way I envision life
• and the choices I make that is what makes the
  difference!

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What should I do?Do I choose life of death?

• There is much in the world that is good but there
  is also much that is evil.
• It is a MATRIX
• Goodness brings life!
• Evil brings death.

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What is Life?

• Ultimately the answer
• to that question
• is a
• FAITH
• response.

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FAITH is where my heart is.
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Faith as MatrIx
. . F A I T H A S .
. . . F A I T H . .
. . . . . G I F T .
, , , V E R B . .
. C H O I C E .
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The Faith Matrix

• Community

Attitude to life
Spirituality (living consciously)
Identity
Service
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Choosing the Faith Matrix
be happy
belong
Love
believe
be for others
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4 ways to reload the Faith Matrix

• Belong to church

Find the fun
Spirituality Living in love
Believe in yourself
Reach out to others