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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Tuesday, September 7th, 2021. This week, we are talking about why we as Catholics need to understand what we believe, why I personally, and you personally personally need to constantly be striving to understand it better and never just settle for the fact that someone I respects understands it, so I don't need to.

Okay, so yesterday we talked about the fact that we, our brains, the way our minds work,

we were created to seek truth. And that truth, the ultimate truth, is God himself.

So you need to be seeking a better understanding of your faith because God created you to do that.

Today, the second reason why you need to understand what you believe is a fairly obvious one.

And this is that you're growing up and there's going to come a day where you need to stand on your own two feet and say,

I am an adult and I have decided that, yes, I believe, I believe all that the

Catholic Church teaches and proclaims. Right now, probably, if you're listening to me,

you still live in your parents' house and your parents or your teacher or whoever has

turned this podcast on for you is Catholic. And maybe you haven't given much thought to your

own faith. You respect some people in your life who are Catholic, so you're just kind of going

with the flow. And let me tell you that that's okay. That's a good

place to start. It's good that you have adults in your life who are sharing the truth of the

Catholic Church with you. That's wonderful. But there comes a day where you have to make the

decision for yourself. We generally see this as confirmation. The sacrament

of confirmation, it's a sacrament where the graces of the Holy Spirit flood into a person's life,

but it is also the sacrament where then afterwards we see this person as an adult in the church.

They're expected to help out around the parish or in larger ways,

but even more so, they have professed publicly

that they believe what the Catholic Church teaches.

However, it does not stop at confirmation.

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