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        Hey ya'll! My name is Katie and I am 15 years old. I am starting this blog to share with teens my age, younger or older, about God and the amazing wonders he does for us. I was so blessed to be born into a Catholic family and have really devoted parents. I have gone to mass every Sunday ever since I was born but it wasn't always fun for me. When I was little, I used to hate going to Mass and having to wake up early. I tried everything in the book to get out of going to church but I couldn't get out of it.
      Now, I have also gone to Catholic school my entire life and I am so fortunate because the tuition can get pretty expensive. Everyday we would have Theology class where we learned about God and Catholicism. I am in the 9th grade right now so I just started going to high school and the Theology classes now are more intense and detailed, which I love. I also used to not like going to Theology classes because I thought it was so boring and useless. Ever since I started high school back in May, I have grown to love going to mass and having Theology classes every day. Little did I know that there was so much more than just faith and church alone.
     Today, I came home from my first Catholic retreat and I fell in love. It was so emotional, happy, eye opening, and much more. It started on Friday at 5PM and lasted until 10PM. I was really unsure about going to this retreat and I really was just going to see if I could meet some cute guys because my friend, who went with me, told me there would be some there. Friday night we prayed the rosary, had mass, heard some testimonies from the Franciscan Friars and then had adoration which was BEAUTIFUL! We also learned a ton of songs lol! I came home that night feeling amazed at how much fun I had singing and learning about God. On Saturday, it was from 8AM to 10PM. We heard more testimonies and stories from other people and some of them even brought me to tears. I didn't realize how much I didn't know and how I doubted my faith. Through this entire retreat I learned SO much and now I will hopefully never doubt my faith or God again.
       Today, Sunday, when the retreat ended at 12, one of the last things Fr. Anthony said was to go out and teach other people about what I learned and about God and so on. So I thought to myself, what better way to spread God's word than start a blog. And so here I am, writing my first blog post hoping people read it. I know I am only 15 years old and haven't learned everything yet, but I hope that people will read this blog and learn with me as I learn new stuff each and everyday. So I leave you here with something I picked up from the retreat this weekend. God does not love all of us. He loves each and every ONE of us. He doesn't love us as a group but each one of us.
       "For the Sn of Man came to seek and to save the lost." Luke 19:10