You're the Only Way

An Initiative of Jesus Youth

Sometimes, I get lost upon a cloud of tears A Missionary Movement at the Service of the Church
And blinding fog, to my eye would pierce;
But I know I only have to pause and pray,
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Because Lord, You're the Only Way.
• Jambo You(th) is a weekly news letter aimed at helping the Youth in moulding their daily
When the waves of sorrow engulf my soul lives in Christ.
And worry keeps me inside this gaunt hole; • Our vision is expressed in just two phrases: GOOD CHRISTIANS and
I know that to You, everything I would lay
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
Because Lord, You're the Only Way.
Sometimes the knife of rage would stab my heart Pep-up : Stories for Reflection
The Young and the Bible : Pauline Year Special (I Timothy)

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And my head feels like falling apart.
I cannot find a way to mend them back but pray, Food for Thought : Does Prayer Change Things?
Because Lord, You're the Only Way. Saint of the Week : St. Brigid
Poem : You’re the Only Way
You're the Only Road, I know; the Only Way,
Last Drop : Plants and People
Even if among a billion stars I'll go astray,
You will still be there, ever near, The Acorn Planter
I will always remember that, as in whisper an earnest prayer.
In the 1930s a young traveler was exploring the French Alps.
Author: Crislyn Olayvar He came upon a vast stretch of barren land. It was desolate. It
was forbidding. It was ugly. It was the kind of place you hurry
Last Drop away from.
Plants and People Then, suddenly, the young traveler stopped dead in his tracks.
Plants grow best when we pay attention to them. That means watering, In the middle of this vast wasteland was a bent-over old man.
touching them, putting them in places where they will receive good light. On his back was a sack of acorns. In his hand was a four-foot
They need people around them to notice if they are drooping at the edges length of iron pipe.
or looking particularly happy in the sunlight. The more attention a The man was using the iron pope to punch holes in the
plant receives, the better it will grow. ground. Then from the sack he would take an acorn and put it
in the hole. Later the old man told the traveler, "I've planted over 100,000 acorns. Perhaps
We need to be noticed in the same way. If we notice a family member or only a tenth of them will grow." The old man's wife and son had died, and this was how he
friend is drooping, perhaps we can pay some special attention to him or chose to spend his final years. "I want to do something useful," he said.
her. All of us need someone to care about how we are and to truly listen Twenty-five years later the now-not-as-young traveler returned to the same desolate area.
to us. We can share and double someone's happiness by noticing and What he saw amazed him. He could not believe his own eyes. The land was covered with a
talking about it also. We help the people around us to grow by listening beautiful forest two miles wide and five miles long. Birds were singing, animals were play-
to their droopy edges as well as their bright days. People need this as
ing, and wild flowers perfumed the air.
much as plants need light and water.
The traveler stood there recalling the desolation that once was; a beautiful oak forest stood
there now - all because someone cared.
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 Does Prayer Change Things?
The Young and the Bible They say that prayer changes things, but does it REALLY change anything?
Pauline Year Special 10 Oh yes! It really does!
The First Letter of Paul to Timothy Does prayer change your present situation or sudden circumstances?
No, not always, but it does change the way you look at those events.
1. What are the letters of Timothy and Titus known as? Pastoral Epistles Does prayer change your financial future?
2. Who does Paul instruct through “Pastoral Epistles”? The young pastors who are No, not always, but it does change who you look to for meeting your daily needs.
trying to lead the Church Does prayer change shattered hearts or broken bodies?
3. What is the main aim of this letter? Paul wanted to show how true faith results in No, not always, but it will change your source of strength and comfort.
a way of life in both the church and the world Does prayer change your wants and desires?
4. How many chapters and verses are there in the first letter of Paul to Timothy? 6 No, not always, but it will change your wants into what God desires!
chapters and 113 verses. Does prayer change how you view the world?
5. When is the law good? When one uses it legitimately (1:8) No, not always, but it will change whose eyes you see the world through.
6. Who does Paul consider the foremost among the sinners saved by Jesus Christ? He Does prayer change your regrets from the past?
himself (1:15) No, not always, but it will change your hopes for the future!
7. Who is the mediator between God and mankind? Jesus Christ (2:5) Does prayer change the people around you?
8. How should the women dress in the church? Modestly and decently in suitable No, not always, but it will change you, the problem isn't always in others.
clothing not with their hair braided, or with gold, pearls or expensive clothes, Does prayer change your life in ways you can't explain?
but with good works (2:9-10) Oh, yes, always! And it will change you from the inside out!
9. Who was the woman who was deceived and became the first transgressor in history? So does prayer REALLY change ANYTHING?
Eve (2:14) Yes! It REALLY does change EVERYTHING!
Teressa Vowell
10. What are the qualities the deacon should have? Must be serious, not double
tongued, not indulging in much wine, not greedy for money (3:8)
11. What should be done before deacons are appointed? They should be tested and SAINT for the WEEK
must prove themselves as blameless (3:10) February 1 St. Brigid of Ireland
12. Who is worse than an unbeliever who has denied the faith? The one who does not Daughter of Dubtach, pagan Scottish king of Leinster, and Brocca, a Christian Pictish slave
provide for his family needs (5:8) who had been baptized by Saint Patrick. Just before Brigid’s birth, her mother was sold to a
13. Who should we include in the list of widows? A woman who is not less than sixty Druid landowner. Brigid remained with her mother till she was old enough to serve her legal
years old and has been married only once (5:9) owner Dubtach, her father. She grew up marked by her high spirits and tender heart, and as a
14. Why does Paul say that Timothy should rebuke the person who persists in sin, in the child, she heard Saint Patrick preach, which she never forgot. She could not bear to see any-
presence of all? So that the rest also may stand in fear (5:20) one hungry or cold, and to help them, often gave away things that were Dubtach’s. When
15. What do those who want to be rich fall into? They fall into temptation and are Dubtach protested, she replied that “Christ dwelt in every creature”. Dubtach tried to sell her
trapped by many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin to the King of Leinster, and while they bargained, she gave a treasured sword of her father’s
and destruction (6:9) to a leper. Dubtach was about to strike her when Brigid explained she had given the sword to
God through the leper, because of its great value. The King, a Christian, forbade Dubtach to
16. What is the root of all kinds of evil? The love for money (6:10)
strike her, saying “Her merit before God is greater than ours”. Dubtach solved this domestic
17. What does Paul advice Timothy to pursue as a man of God? Pursue righteous-
problem by giving Brigid her freedom. Brigid returned to her father, who arranged a marriage
ness, godliness, faith, love, endurance and gentleness (6:11) for her with a young bard. Brigid refused, and to keep her virginity, went to her Bishop, Saint
18. Who alone is immortal? Jesus Christ (6:16) Mel of Ardagh, and took her first vows. Legend says that she prayed that her beauty be taken
19. What should Timothy ask the rich to be? Not to be haughty or set their hopes on from her so no one would seek her hand in marriage; her prayer was granted, and she re-
riches, but to be rich in good works, generous and ready too share (6:17-19) gained her beauty only after making her vows.

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