Perhaps one of the saddest movies ever...

One of things about our modern time is that people are able to show real life - unadulterated, as it were. As a Catholic educator, it is challenging to teach kids in our modern culture that explicitly ignores the one living and true Triune God. If you need proof that even amongst Christians, look no further than the youth of our day. There are in many schools and even in some s0-called Catholic Schools many teens who today aren't even challenged to consider the possiblity of the Catholic Faith. Check out this YouTube Video that one teenager put together as a school project, apparently. It appears that it was filmed at a Catholic School, or at least a Christian school of some sort, and this is what makes it very sad.

I love laboring here at St. Jude because I know the kids at this parish come from good families who earnestly want their kids to learn the life-giving Catholic Faith, passed on from the time of the Apostles. But how many kids are not even being challenged to live up to understanding the Catholic Faith. I laud Anthony Gallegos, our youth minister, for all of his efforts, especially since I have seen the good fruit of his program. I know that he is laboring with all of his effort for his program and for the youth of St. Jude to understand and take seriously the Catholic Faith.

Nevertheless, we should not delude ourselves into thinking that Anthony can conquer the world alone. Each of us, parishioners of St. Jude & Catholics worldwide, need to do our part to support Anthony and the youth in understanding the glory of the Holy Catholic Faith. We must know and defend against those many out there who are actively trying to tempt our kids into renouncing their faith, whether implicitly or explicitly. Let us step up our prayer life that God may pour out graces on those who would hear his call to fight the war against sin and temptation, those who desire to become saints, as Jesus has established the Holy Catholic Church for no less a reason.