OUR YOUTH

I FEEL TERRIBLE ABOUT HOW NOT MANY CHILDREN ARE IN CHURCH OR PARTICIPATING, AND I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWER. I DO KNOW THAT WHEN I WAS GROWING UP THE CATHOLIC RELIGION WAS EVERYTHING TO ME AND ALL AROUND ME, FAMILY AND FRIENDS. IT WAS SO DIFFERENT , NOT POUNDED INTO US BUT IT WAS ALWAYS WITH US. I BELIEVE IT ALL GOES BACK TO RESPECT, THAT WAS HUGE AND STILL IS. IT IS UP TO THE PARENTS TO START INSTILLING THAT EARLY , FOR RESPECT YOURSELF, YOUR PARENTS, GRANDPARENTS, SISTERS, BROTHERS TEACHERS, CLERGY, AN ON AND ON. WE HAD ONE NUN FOR FIFTY TO FIFTY FIVE CHILDREN AND SHE HAD CONTROL, NOT BECAUSE SHE BEAT US UP EVERY DAY LIKE MOST PEOPLE LIKE TO BELIEVE, BUT WE WERE TOLD WE HAD BETTER PAY ATTENTION AND DO WHAT WE WERE TOLD. SO IT WASN'T BECAUSE THE NUNS WERE WWE OR WWF WRESTLERS AND WERE KNEW THEY COULD TAKE US
DOWN, IT WAS RESPECT AND EVEN IN HIGH SCHOOL, A PUBLIC SCHOOL, I STILL AND MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY FELT THE SAME. SO WHY CAN'T IT BE LIKE THAT NOW, IT CAN BE. IT ALL STARS AT HOME. SO COME ON PARENTS AND GRANDPARENTS LETS GO BACK IN TIME AND START OVER AGAIN. BY THE WAY THERE IS A NICE BLOG FOR YOUTHS BY BRANDON ELLIS, IT NEEDS TO GET OUT TO THE KIDS IF THEY NEED SOMEBODY TO TALK TO . THANK YOU

Maria Ormsby
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