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(January 30, 2022) Who are you, and who helped you become who you are? Who was there when you had your first loss or your first failure?   Father Charles Persing asked us to picture the newborn shoes of a baby and image that child grow into an adult in size-15 basketball sneakers. So, what do we need to do as the guardians of our youth?  We need to give guidance, direction, and teach them how to use their gifts,  Father Persing said,  in order to make our church and our world a better place.  "We are all called to excellence and to serve," Father Persing said, "in the end, according to Saint Paul, 'the greatest of these is love.'" That love that compels us to serve and to reach out to others beyond who we are to them: as encouragers and as witnesses to their spiritual growth. Prayerfully ask of Christ to bless our young, bring them the success and safety they need to become what He has called them to be.