Advice for Young People

“Let no man despise thy youth: but be thou an example of the faithful in word, in conversation, in charity, in faith, in chastity.”—I Timothy 4:12   You are a central part of God’s plan to convert the world and this book will help you realize how crucial the Catholic Faith is for your future.   To accomplish your mission as faithful Catholics and to have a rich, fruitful, and worthwhile life, here and in eternity, you must prepare your soul. You need to thoroughly understand the goal you wish to attain, and consider the difficulties you will encounter, both mentally and physically, and accept them. The world will tell you that comfort is the highest goal and that only fools deny themselves. This is the battle between those who wish to live according to eternity versus those who live simply for today.    Your future will be exhilarating because it is your mission to rebuild a Christian society. The generations before you fought to preserve the Faith and Catholic Tradition and to pass them on to you. Now it falls to you to continue this noble fight and to spread the reign of Our Lord around you. What could be more inspiring than working for the greatest good there is: the good of souls and societies?   Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw  The torch; be yours to hold it high. —Flanders Fields by John McCrae