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Alrighty! Like I said before, the Youcat is set up in Q&A format. So they ask a question, they give you the answer from the legit Catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC), they tell you where you can find that answer in the CCC, and then they translate that answer into something that connects with our generation.

Youth Catechism number ONE! They start it off with the most important question that you probably can think of:

#1: For what purpose are we here on Earth?

-CCC: We are on earth in order to know, and to love God, to do good according to His will, and to go someday to heaven. [1-3, 358]

     To be a human being means to come from God and to go to God. Our origin goes back farther than our parents. We come from God, in whom all the happiness of heaven and earth are at home, and we are expected in his everlasting, infinite blessedness. Meanwhile, we live on this earth. Sometimes we feel that our creator is near; often we feel nothing at all. So that we might find the way home, God sent us his Son, who freed us from sin, delivers us from evil, and leads us unerringly into true life. He is "the Way, the Truth, and the Light." (Jn 14:6)

Well that was rather simple, I think. I know the system wants us to believe that we're here to leave OUR MARK on the world. The system wants us to stamp "I was here!!" on every surface we can reach. But that's not what we're called to do. As christians, out stamp should say "Christ was here!!" and "Love was here!!" Interesting... Now for number two!! Another good one...

#2: Why did God create us?

-CCC: God created us out of free, unselfish love. [1-3]

     When a man loves, his heart overflows. He would like to share that joy with others. He gets this from his creator. Although God is a mystery, we can still think about him in a human way and say: Out of the "surplus" of his love he created us. He wanted to share his endless joy with us, who are creatures of his love.

WOAH!! I've always loved this piece of Theology. It's cool to think of myself as a "creature of love." I think that'll make a great Halloween costume this year! Anyway, we are here because God wanted people to lavish his love over. It's not like he needed company- he had the Son and the Holy Spirit. He wanted to make us, he wanted to love us. Isn't it great when someone chooses to be nice to you, as opposed to being forced to out of necessity, like they're using you. God's not just using us, he's choosing us. Every day. No matter what. I think that is the coolest thing ever.

So share the love, little love creature!! Have a great day!!

Keep it real,

Emily