As We Look Back

As we look back over time

We find ourselves wondering .....
Did we remember to thank you enough
For all you have done for us? Don Bosco Utume November 23, Sunday: Issue 76
For all the times you were by our sides • Jambo You(th) is a weekly news letter aimed at helping the Youth in moulding their daily
To help and support us ..... lives in Christ.
To celebrate our successes
• Our vision is expressed in just two phrases: GOOD CHRISTIANS and
To understand our problems
And accept our defeats? RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
Or for teaching us by your example, Pep-up : Stories for Reflection
The value of hard work, good judgement, The Young and the Bible : Pauline Year Special 6 (Philippians)

Features
Courage and integrity? Points to Ponder : A Time for Everything
We wonder if we ever thanked you Saint of the Week : St. Andrew and Companions
For the sacrifices you made. Poem : As we Look Back
To let us have the very best? Last Drop : Death!
And for the simple things
Like laughter, smiles and times we shared? Just Five More Minutes!
If we have forgotten to show our While at the park one day, a woman sat down next to a man on a
Gratitude enough for all the things you did, bench near a playground.
We're thanking you now. “That’s my son over there,” she said, pointing to a little boy in a red
And we are hoping you knew all along, sweater who was gliding down the slide.
How much you meant to us. “He’s a fine looking boy” the man said. “That’s my daughter on the
bike in the white dress.”
Last Drop Then, looking at his watch, he called to his daughter. “What do you
say we go, Melissa?”
Death! Melissa pleaded, “Just five more minutes, Dad. Please? Just five
Tell me not, in mournful numbers, more minutes.”
Life is but an empty dream! The man nodded and Melissa continued to ride her bike to her heart’s content. Minutes
For the soul is dead that slumbers, passed and the father stood and called again to his daughter. “Time to go now?”
and things are not what they seem. Again Melissa pleaded, “Five more minutes, Dad. Just five more minutes.”
Life is real! Life is earnest! The man smiled and said, “OK.”
And the grave is not its goal; “My, you certainly are a patient father,” the woman responded.
Dust thou art; to dust returnest, The man smiled and then said, “Her older brother Tommy was killed by a drunk driver last year
while he was riding his bike near here. I never spent much time with Tommy and now I’d give
Was not spoken of the soul.
anything for just five more minutes with him. I’ve vowed not to make the same mistake with
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Melissa. She thinks she has five more minutes to ride her bike. The truth is, I get Five more
minutes to watch her play.”
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 The Young and the Bible A Time for Everything!
Pauline Year Special 6 (For everything there is a season)
Paul’s Letter to the Philippians And a time for every matter under heaven:
1. When did Paul write this letter? Between A.D. 56 - 57
A time to be born, and a time to die;
2. What encourages Christians to look after the interests of others ? The example of
Christ (2: 3-11) A time to plant, and a time to pluck up what is planted;
3. For whom was Paul imprisoned? For Christ (1:13) A time to kill, and a time to heal;
4. Why did some proclaim Christ with good heart? Out of love (1:16) A time to break down, and a time to build up;
5. What was the eager expectation and hope of Paul? By his speaking with all bold- A time to weep, and a time to laugh;
ness, Christ would be exalted in his body, whether by life or by death (1:20)
A time to mourn, and a time to dance;
6. What does Paul say about his death and life? To him living is Christ and dying is
gain (1:21) A time to throw away stones, and a time to gather stones together;
7. If we live by the gospel of Christ, what should we consider the actions of the oppo- A time to embrace, And a time to refrain from embracing;
nents as? As the evidence of their destruction and of our salvation (1:28) A time to seek, and a time to lose;
8. How should we regard others? In humility regard others as better than our- A time to keep, and a time to throw away;
selves (2:3)
A time to tear, and a time to sew;
9. What is the example which gives encouragement to submit and sacrifice for the
needs of the Christian community? The obedience of Jesus Christ to God by A time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
dying on the cross and the glorification of Jesus Christ (2:3-11) A time to love, and a time to hate,
10. Why did God exalt Jesus who emptied and humbled himself to the point of death? A time for war, and a time for peace.
So that “at the name of Jesus every knee should bend in heaven and on earth
and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Ecclesiastes 3:1-8
Father”. (2:10-11)
11. How should we do all things? Without murmuring and arguing (2:14) SAINT for the WEEK
12. What was Timothy like in serving in the work of the Gospel? Like son with a father November 24 St. Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions
he served with Paul in the work of the Gospel (2:22) Christian missionaries first brought the Catholic faith to Vietnam during the sixteenth
13. Which tribe and group did Paul belong to ? Member of the people of Israel and of century. During the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Christians suf-
the tribe of Benjamin; as to the law a Pharisee (3:5) fered for their beliefs. Many were martyred, especially during the reign of Emperor Minh-
14. Why does Paul want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the shar- Mang (1820-1840). One hundred and seventeen martyrs are in the group. They were
ing of his suffering? So that somehow he might attain the resurrection from proclaimed saints by Pope John Paul II on June 19,1988. The group was made up of
the dead (3:10-11) ninety-six Vietnamese, eleven Spaniards, and ten French. Eight of the group were bish-
15. Why does Paul press on toward the goal? For the prize of the heavenly call of ops, fifty were priests and fifty-nine were lay Catholics. Some of the priests were Domini-
God in Christ Jesus (3:14) cans. Others were diocesan priests who belonged to the Paris Mission Society. One
16. Where is our citizenship? In heaven (3:20) such diocesan priest was St. Theophane Venard. (We honor him also on November 6.)
17. What does Paul ask the Philippians to do always? To rejoice in the Lord always St. Andrew Dung-Lac, who represents this group of heroes, was a Vietnamese diocesan
(4:4) priest. The martyrs of Vietnam suffered to bring the greatest treasure that they pos-
18. How should we make known our requests to God? By prayer and supplication sessed: their Catholic faith.
with thanksgiving (4:6)
A man who won't die for something is not fit to live. Martin Luther King A man can die but once: we owe God a death. Shakespeare
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