Sville

This summer we will be celebrating the Incarnation of Jesus Christ. What an amazing thing it is to
contemplate the love of Jesus and how He willingly gave up His throne in heaven in order to become a man.
He did this even though He knew He would be rejected, scourged, and crucified by the very people He came
to save.

Why would God do this for us? The Catechism gives us for reasons for the incarnation. They are:

- Jesus came to save us by reconciling us with God.

- Jesus came that we might know God's love.

- Jesus came to be our model of holiness.

- Jesus came to make us "partakers of the divine nature"

This summer we will celebrate our God who came not to give just a moral code or just an instructional
manual on how to live, but a God who gave His only begotten Son. We will celebrate our God who became
like us that we might become like Him. Jesus has done it all. He reveals the love of God, the Father, He paid
the price for our sins, He shows us how to live, and He sends us the Holy Spirit that we might be filled with
the very life of God.

The conference date was July 16-18 but we were able to register for the July 9-11 conference at Franciscan
University of Steubenville. Visit www.franciscanyouth.org and www.franciscanyouth.com to learn about the
retreat from those who put it on.

Contact Gregg or Doreen Hoyer at sashcyospirit@msn.com or 215-249-9085 with any questions.