L is for ... Learn

​“What the heck?  We are confirmed, we are going to school and studying all the time, and you are telling me I need to take MORE CLASSES?!”  No, well at least not necessarily.  Today I will talk a little about L-earning about our faith.  In many ways, learning is even more important for you now. 
 
When I was a younger man (makes me think of Poomba singing about when he was a young warthog – ok, back to the subject at hand) I really didn’t care much about my faith.  I had some reasons why faith wasn’t that important or not for me.  Most of those reasons could better be classified as excuses, because they were reasons that were intellectually and spiritually shallow.  Then, thanks to a loving God, I got glimpses of the love of Jesus Christ.  My world was rocked, quite literally.  I opened up my heart to God’s grace and He not only showered me with amazing experiences, He also lit a fire within me to learn.  Why did I have this fire you ask?  Well if the fullest love I would ever experience was the love of our Lord, I wanted to know as much about it and Him as possible.  The more I learned about Him, the more I could know Him.  The more I know Him, the more I know who He is calling me to be.  I am taking a class right now titled “Christology”.  We are studying the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus from both a historical and a theological viewpoint.  It is fascinating and has helped me in my relationship with Christ, and I am WAY older than all of you!
 
From a practical standpoint, you probably don’t need another classroom obligation right now, understandably.  You can still take time to learn.  Keep coming to class.  We will have fun the rest of the year while still continuing to learn about our faith.  Pick up that bible of yours and read, maybe with a guide.  If you need a guide, or need a bible, come see one of us and we will happily provide them.  If you are struggling with something, jump onto the internet and search for the patron saint of that particular struggle – there is even a patron saint of foot problems, St Roch!  Then ask that saint to pray for you.  If you have a question, and don’t have time to look it up, ask.  If we don’t know, we will find the answer.  Remember that Jesus is the Lord of our hearts, bodies, souls, AND minds.  The more we get to know Him, the better we know the love that is Him.
 
Blessings,
Eric

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