What are you going to do when you leave school?

This question is addressed, first, with a video “Life without limits”:

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Is Sport Important?

Let us see what the Pope says about sport, first in the video:

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Why does God let bad things happen to good people?

We have already addressed the question, “Why does God let bad things happen?” with a video response on Sunday, the 21^st of February. There the question was addressed from the point of view of God, saying, ‘Why God allows’ those instances we consider evil.

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Is singing connected to faith?

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music to our God on the harp. (Psalm 147:7)

Various traditions
For many centuries people have worshipped and celebrated their faith through song and music.

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Are not all gods / religious deities which pertain to goodness and compassion equally relevant e.g., Buddha, Muhammad etc?

First of all it is to be pointed out that Buddha or Muhammad or any other religious leader did not claim to be God or the Son of God, except Jesus Christ. So this question may be looked at in the following angle.

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Is the Church boring?

This is not a question asked by anybody in the parish. But I have heard young people say, “It is too boring.” or “It’s not ‘cool’ to go to church any more.”

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Who is my guardian angel? A past relative, or angel, or Jesus?

This has been asked by good few people in the past, to me personally and this person has asked a very important question with clarity. First of all:

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Why does God let bad things happen?

“God does not let bad things happen, he sends us.” (I found this response on a website.)

Here, ‘bad things’ may need more clarity from the young person who asked the question. But I am trying to address this question from the understanding I got when I reflected.

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What happens to the people in the world who have a rough life and don’t have strong faith, will they be forgiven?

It is easier to have faith when life is going well.

Can the above question be related to the points below?

• It is easier to have faith when life is going well than tough times.
• When life is not going well, it is difficult to believe.

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Why is there more community spirit when times are tough?

The question asked why we seem to have more community spirit in times of necessity as opposed to easier times and it begs the question why does this not apply all of the time.

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Why are there so many people suffering in the world while others are enjoying a great life? part 2

The discussion on suffering continues from yesterday . . .
‘Why is there suffering?’ is a very natural and crucial question puzzling us for centuries.

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Why are there so many people suffering in the world while others are enjoying a great life?

The Problem of Suffering
Human beings have been puzzled by the enigma of suffering from ancient times. Before the time of Christ, in the life of Buddha there were many instances of understanding suffering around him:

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Welcome to ‘Lenten Reflection’

LENTEN REFLECTION
http://www.faithfriends.in is a website, where reflections on questions raised by young people are uploaded everyday during this Lenten season. The internet has empowered young people unlike before. Here in this Lenten Reflection questions raised by young people are being addressed on a daily basis for the next forty days. The intention of this space is to make the voice of young people heard and their thoughts to be acknowledged.

Please log on to comment and raise your own faith questions. This project is created by Fr. Sony Sebastian, CMI., who at present is a research student in Mater Dei, his research topic being the Evangelisation of Young People using the medium of the Internet. He is also working as a Parish Team Member in Clontarf, Dublin.

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