CPR

A lot of you reading this in fact all of you know about how I go to Queen of Heaven Church in green Ohio, and how I am very involved in Life Teen. But I have just gotten back from my LAST retreat, It was all about CPR but not the chest compression, and breathing though the mouth it was about being CALLED, REVIVED AND PREPARED!

WE WERE ALL CALLED:
It was one of the smallest retreats I have ever been apart of, 35 teens. Though some thought we were weak, I know we are the STRONG 35! 2 people had to cancel because of other obligations. I know God had a purpose he only wanted those 35 no more no less. He called us all to be apart of it. A former core member Jason Goshe always said that he felt that if you were on the retreat then God called you there cause their was something you needed to hear.

Then on Saturday we were REVIVED:
Like all Saturdays, we went to confession the Catholic way to revive the sole. Unlike Protestant churches, who say to God before they go to bed "Lord I am sorry for my sins and list them". We go to a Priest and tell them what we have sinned, this serves a 2 fold purpose.

1. It says in the bible that you should tell people of your sins, the church used to have communal confession where the people at mass would confess their sins. They would also still go in front of a priest for the 2nd reason.

2. In basic terms is that the priest is the vicar for God in that way, his words are not always his but Gods.

I gave a witness/testimony about Gods love and my mass and adoration experience, I will be putting this up. I had so many great complements about my witness. I knew it went well it was what God wanted, i did what I could do praying about it and then writing it but God used me to get his message across. (I will be putting it on my blog so that you can hear it and listen to it.

We also went to mass; it was one for the best masses I have ever been apart of, in 4 years it was the best mass during a retreat! we also had a hour of adoration, that was also moving. though we had live music it wasn't as bad as it had been in the past.

On Sunday the last day the lords day, we got PREPARED:
We started the day with the time change so breakfast went from 7:30, to 8:30. My Cabin and I stayed up pretty Late talking about the retreat thus far what they thought, and How I thought they will become great leaders in Life teen. After Breakfast they showed a senior Video that made me cry (yes I cry) it was sad to think that my Life teen experience was almost over. After we had a session about Community, then after we had a lunch where you had to serve the person that was next to you. It really taught to me to put myself last. Then we had the last session all about being Prepared to the world around us and how to be holy after the retreat.

This is all about the retreat we were who God called, revived and Prepared.
We were a STRONG 35! NEVER WERE WE WEAK BUT STRONG THE ENTIRE WEEKEND

Praise GOD!
Bobby