has some helpful tips

I was reading the Sword and Sprite; a Book written by Christopher Cuddy and Mark Hart. We are in chapter 3 in our ST.Paul Bible study at 5:30, you should come...

Well anyway the part that I read ahead was all about coming off the retreat mountain
it is the last time i will come off a life teen retreat mountain. I feel like st. Peter because if you go back to your gospel reading it was the story that Jesus was transfigured and st. Paul said Rabbi "we will make tents one for you one Moses, and one for Elijah".... then a dark cloud appeared and a voice said "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him." then Jesus told them not to tell anyone

Mark 9:2-10

Jesus took Peter, James, and John
and led them up a high mountain apart by themselves.
And he was transfigured before them,
and his clothes became dazzling white,
such as no fuller on earth could bleach them.
Then Elijah appeared to them along with Moses,
and they were conversing with Jesus.
Then Peter said to Jesus in reply,
"Rabbi, it is good that we are here!
Let us make three tents:
one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
He hardly knew what to say, they were so terrified.
Then a cloud came, casting a shadow over them;
from the cloud came a voice,
"This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."
Suddenly, looking around, they no longer saw anyone
but Jesus alone with them.

As they were coming down from the mountain,
he charged them not to relate what they had seen to anyone,
except when the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
So they kept the matter to themselves,
questioning what rising from the dead meant.



Now after reading the story think about a post retreat, How often do you not want to come off that mountain...and build tents..but you can't on Monday you still have to go to school. But i have some helpful hints to keep the retreat in your mind :

1. Keep the them in your head, never stop thinking about the theme, keep being called prepared and revived...or what ever the theme is...

2. Keep going to adoration, it might be hard but even if it is just for a half and hour or 5 mins before or after mass...& KEEP GOING TO MASS these go together pretty well but I wanted to make sure you knew...

3. Read your letters when you need a pick me up, I do this often when i feel sad I will grab a letter from a past retreat and read it, it helps me to remember I am loved and I need to keep running the race...

You can't stay on retreat forever, but these are some of the ways to keep living the faith...But JESUS never told you not to tell anyone about the retreat, so the last thing is to:

PREACH THE GOSPEL AND [SOMETIMES](if nessacsey) USE WORDS!

praise GOD
Bobby