Bonding in prayerful support, as we mentioned yesterday, is a powerful way of helping our faith to grow. As retreats and Encounters are at the heart of the spiritual formation of our students at Central Catholic, each Encounter is followed by a "group reunon" a month or so after the actual experience to bolster the experience and foster further spiritual growth. The students have a chance to renew their Encounter experience in the presence of those who shared it with them, be encouraged by a talk from one of the "Encounterites" to continue to live their "fourth day" united with Jesus, above all, in companioship with one another, and in continued service to the "least favored". Prayer and song support the theme of the reunion and help all recall the spirit of the Encounter.
These reunions underlie the need for community. The road is too rough to "go it alone." We need one another. "In unity there is strength." This old maxim still holds as true today as in past history. A student and I were talking about the challenges facing youth in today's world. How they stay unsullied, even though surrounded by all kinds of "unGospel-like" (to put it politely) attitudes and behaviors, is a result of strong family, strong community, strong friendship with Jesus. Today at 12:30, students and adults who made the November Encounter will be in our chapel having their reunion. Please be with us in prayer, and be with all teens in your daily prayers. Thank you.
Bro. Rene
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