How to Win Every Time: God Wants His Church Alive

Relationships break — 1,500 of us gathered to heal, grow and go...

Joseph Serwach
Catholic Way Home

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“Heaven is open above us — it’s pouring out,’’ Rory Clark when 1,500 gathered at at a University of Michigan football facility for Accept the Challenge. Photo by Joseph Serwach.

“Boys think of themselves — men think of others,” — Father Burke Masters.

“…the very word ‘Son’ implies a ‘Father.’… If we hate our brother, if we refuse to forgive, if we hold on to bitterness and resentment, then we are not in the truth,’’ — Father Michael Gaitley.

The first broken relationship was between a father and his children. It continues. More than 1,500 of us came together— because we want more.

“The more you know He’s in you, the more He can do through you,’’ Father Mathias Thelen explained.

“Because God wants His Church to be alive… Don’t try to get it done yourself: Your job is to receive… Christian Life is more about letting go.’’

Letting go? Surrendering? Not “manning up’’ — doing it ourselves?

From the beginning, the question has been: Which way? A father asks something and even explains why. A child goes a different way. A lifelong struggle begins.

We let down our parents, our spouses and kids. We crush each other. We dwell on the slights. Or bury…

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Joseph Serwach
Catholic Way Home

Story + Identity = Mission. Leadership Culture, Journalism, Branding Education. Inspiration: Catholic, Polish. https://serwachjoe.medium.com/membership