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Keep your faith growing with a daily 5-minute reminder that God is thinking of you / loves you / and has a mission for you. What do you get with the free YOUCAT Daily App?
- BIBLE / Get a daily dose of God’s word
- YOUCAT / Learn the Catechism bit by bit
- DOCAT / Work for social justice with the Gospel's power
- INSPIRATION / Hear from young people around the world
- CHALLENGE / Put the Gospel into practice
- SOCIAL MEDIA / Spread the word and share hope
Read these YOUCAT Confirmation Book lessons:
1. Getting Started (Pages 8 - 15)
- Marathon and Confirmation
- Fully wired for power
- Do you want to feel the power of God within you?
- God—as your Coach
- The Bible and YOUCAT
- Four steps—the training plan
2. What We Can Know about God (Pages 16 - 23)
- Why many people don’t want to know about God
- And what if I can’t find God?
- The miracle of the little grain of sand
- The end of the little gray brain cells
- A God who reveals himself, and a book like no other
3. Why the World Is Broken (Pages 24 - 29)
- The South Sea paradise
- “I don’t do the good I want to do, but instead I do the bad things I don’t want to do”
- So will it always be that way?
- An engineer explains original sin
- The key to paradise
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4. Jesus—More than a Mere Man (Pages 30 – 35)
- A great idea for a film
- Better than any film—the thoughts of God
- God—a Baby?
- So human and yet so divine—the story of Lazarus
- No suffering that God does not know about
5. Why Did Jesus Have to Die? (Pages 36 – 45)
- What did Jesus actually suffer?
- The killer punch
- What did Jesus himself mean by his death?
- A female volleyball player, a Franciscan monk, and a man who refused to bow to Hitler
- In place of others—a mystery
6. The Comeback of Jesus—or the Story of the Resurrection (Pages 46 – 55)
- The destruction of a legend
- Let’s get out of here!
- A world religion is born
- A twinge of doubt—a “flash mob” of God?
- Scenes from a comeback
- And what does Jesus’ comeback have to do with us?
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7. In Search of the Holy Spirit (Pages 56 – 67)
- The most sensible religion in the world
- One, two, or three? Or what?
- The great Unknown
- The Holy Spirit and your heart—Pentecost for you and me as well
- Why nothing seems to satisfy my heart
- Make me beautiful within
- The fruits of the Holy Spirit
8. Prayer—Staying in Touch with the Living God (Pages 68 – 77)
- What is prayer?
- Learning to pray with Mother Teresa
- A Little School of Prayer
- The two most important prayers in the world
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9. The Church—a Home for You and Me (Pages 78 – 85)
- The Church is not a club for the perfect
- If you want to understand the mystery of the Church
- You are the body of Christ
- You are the temple of the Holy Spirit
- You are the People of God
- A little bit of organization
10. Eucharist—the Generosity of God (Pages 86 – 95)
- Little gifts to nurture friendship?
- God—a master of giving
- How Jesus gave himself to us
- The five “mistakes” of Jesus
- What do we get out of it?
- A smuggler’s story