Katiebobatie94

Hey there sunshine!! So I'm Katie, I'm a freshman in college, I love my family and my friends. I am so grateful to God for all the blessings he has given me over the years. I am an altar server, a lector, and a Junior Adviser for PTAF. I have been discerning a vocation to the religious life [consistantly] for almost two years, and on & off for three years prior. It has been the most peace & grace filled time of my very short life. I am currently discerning with the Salesian Sisters of St John Bosco & I am absolutely in love with their charism. I don't know where I would be without the love and support of my family, who keeps me grounded, my friends who let me be crazy with them, and God who is always there when I need to talk.

Unfortunately, a very small number of our young people seem to attract the most of the news. They are in the public eye because they have stolen cars, vandalized schools, created disturbances – in some way rebelled against society. These headline-makers represent only a small part of our teenage population. It is a fact that 98.7 percent of our young people are law-abiding, constructive citizens. There is too much focus on the negative. It is time we accent the positive – pat the good guys and gals on the back – let them know there are rewards for being responsible members of the community. I do NOT believe we are all born equal – CREATED equal in the eyes of God, YES – but physical and emotional differences, parental guidance, varying environments, being in the right place at the right time, all play a role in enhancing or limiting an individual’s development. But I DO believe every man and woman, if given the opportunity and encouragement to recognize his or her own potential, regardless of background has the Freedom To Choose in our world. Will an individual be a taker or a giver in live? Will that person be satisfied merely to exist, or seek a meaningful purpose? Will he or she dare to dream the impossible dream? I believe every person is created as the steward of his or her own destiny with great power for a specific purpose to share with others, through service, a reverence for life in a spirit of love.
                                                                                             Hugh O'Brian
 


Kindle My Heart
As the moon kindles the night
As the wind kindles the fire
As the rain fills every ocean
And the Sun the Earth
So your heart will kindle my heart

Take my heart
Take my heart
Kindle it with your heart
And my heart cannot be
Kindled without you
Your heart will kindle my heart