#seek 2017

[enbeeeah]

Now we know that’s not the end to the story. We know what happens three days later. But here’s the crazy thing. The thing that blows my mind is this: so did the disciples! Right? Did you ever notice this, that how many times in the gospels that Jesus tells the disciples what’s going to happen. Then when it happens, they freak out? (SEEK2017)

[prayersfromlilacveins]

SEEK 2017 -

Father Mike Schmitz told the most amazing story of a man who hosted Mass in China, where it's illegal to be Catholic. One night, as they were celebrating the Mass in secret, their look-out rushed into the house. Breathlessly, he warned, "They're coming!" Everyone scattered but the host - where could he run? He was taken prisoner in his own house. They tortured him for three weeks. "Tell us where the priest is, and we'll let you go," they said. The man refused to tell them. He wanted to keep the church alive for the sake of his brothers and sisters in Christ. If he had told where the priest was, Mass might not have happened for years to come. Miraculously, he was released from prison and moved to America after the guards realized he was unbreakable. He rejoiced, and joyfully attended Mass every day. Then he realized that he could make more money than he did in China, so he began to attend Mass only weekly. It wasn't a big change, but every so often, he'd miss a Sunday here and there, only after a particularly social weekend or maybe while he was travelling. It wasn't much longer till he went only at Christmas and Easter. Before he knew it, he found he wasn't going to Mass at all. How did this happen? Father Mike said it best: "What torture couldn't do, what communism couldn't do, our culture DID, and it didn't even have to try." What did our culture do? It broke the man's faith. It would be easy to fight the good fight if the battlefield were physical. If only the life and death of our soul were as real to us as the life and death of our body. How much more seriously would we take our faith? But that's not the case here. Here, we fight indifference. We fight spiritual laziness. We fight moral relativism, post-modern anti-truth doctrines, narcissism and materialism. We fight a culture that demands instant gratification in sex, love and politics. Our enemies, for the most part, are invisible. Remain vigilant, brothers and sisters. It's a war out there, and the fact that it's unseen makes it all the more dangerous. Be saints.

[mys1gnature]

Idk how else to say this without revealing my identity, but I'm super excited for SEEK, and I hope I run into some of you at the convention!

[seizeeachmoment]

You are brave and you are strong.

Leah Darrow, Seek 2017

[rissa-explains-it-all]

Just finished up at Seek 2017 and it was absolutely amazing. I got to hang with someone from high school and spend time with 13000 other Catholics and I was so blown away.

[mys1gnature]

Day 1

We arrived. We napped. They went to the keynote. I went to a Spurs game with a friend (which is now my first national basketball game I ever watched in person). I kinda’ regret that decision? I think I’ve gone too much with the flow, and didn’t do what I wanted to do today. I hope I don’t end up spending too much of my time with my friend; I wanted to spend time with my other friends.

[seizeeachmoment]

Why I am in a 5 hour class, and not at Seek 2017?

[mys1gnature]

Psst, who’s going to SEEK 2017?