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Building For the Future 
To build a house now is certainly building for the future. You can live in a new home a long time. Houses can stand for hundreds of years. Build a school now is also building for the future, the future education of children for many years. Maybe your children, or even your grandchildren.Building strength of character now is definitely building for your future: your future as a person of integrity, of faith, of trust, of commitment, of perseverance, of love, of hope. You do not want to be just an ordinary person, the run of the mill, the maybe yes and the maybe no type person. You want to build yourself into a person with conviction, commitment and respect. This is, indeed, building for the future. When people see you coming they will say, "Now there is a person worth knowing", because your reputation precedes you. People will clamor to meet you, to know you, to be your friend. They feel secure with you and gain strength from just being with you. You have this fountain of power because you have a secret source from which you draw these qualities. Actually, they are not really yours. You got them from a very dear friend who loves you. He loves you so much; he died for you so that you could believe in him and his message. This friend of course is Jesus. He gives you the reason to be and therefore the reason to build for the future of your life: here and hereafter. Whatever you do, wherever you go, however you live, whenever you build. Do it all for Jesus, the best of all your best friends. May you always build a future for yourselves that includes Jesus every step of the way. May He be with you, guide you and bless you always. Msgr. Daniel Cardelli Italian Catholic Federation, 8393 Capwell Drive, Suite 110, Oakland CA 94621 tel: 888/ICF-1924; 510/633-9058; fax: 510/633-9758; Email: info@icf.org Website designed by HYPERSPHERE |