The Optimist’s Creed

To be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind.

To talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet.
To make all your friends feel that there is something worthwhile in them.
To look at the sunny side of everything and make your optimism come true. Don Bosco Utume November 9, Sunday: Issue 74
To think only of the best, to work only for the best and to expect only the best.
• Jambo You(th) is a weekly news letter aimed at helping the Youth in moulding their daily
To be just as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your lives in Christ.
own.
• Our vision is expressed in just two phrases: GOOD CHRISTIANS and
To forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of
RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS.
the future.
To wear a cheerful expression at all times and give a smile to every living crea- Pep-up : Stories for Reflection
ture you meet. To the Young : Pauline Year Special 4 (Galatians)

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To give so much time to improving yourself that you have no time to criticize oth- Poem : Kindness

Featu
ers.
To be too large for worry, too noble for anger, too strong for fear, and too happy
to permit the presence of trouble.
To think well of yourself and to proclaim this fact to the world, not in loud word,
but in great deeds.
To live in the faith that the whole world is on your side, so long as you are true to
the best that is in you.
Christian D. Larson
Last Drop
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I
breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the
first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a
joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I
know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question
blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question
would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In
your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They de-
serve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say
hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was
Dorothy.
Joann C. Jones
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Saint of the Week : St. Martin of Tours
Points to Ponder : The Optimist’s Creed
Last Drop : Kindness and Attention
Kindness Repaid
Like thousands of teenagers, Margaret was trying to get her first job. She read of a clerical
position open in a factory office, and she planned to be there when the employment office
opened.
It was a stormy, sleety day. On the bus Margaret noticed several young girls, prettier and
better dressed than she, and they left the bus when she did. Apparently they too, wanted
work. “please dear God,” Margaret prayed, “help me get this job, money is so desperately
needed at home.”
Just then a middle aged woman alighted from the bus, slipped on the icy curb, and fell. The
girls glanced at her and kept on walking. The woman seemed dazed. Her hat, glasses and
purse were lying at her feet. For a moment Margaret hesitated. If she helped her, the other
girls would get their applications in before her. She felt she hadn’t a chance. Then a phrase
her mother often repeated came to her mind: the mark of a true Christian is consideration
for others. Margaret stopped and helped the woman to her feet and picked up her posses-
sions.
“Could you help me to the office?” She pleaded. “I feel rather shaky.” At a snails pace they
walked to the factory. Margaret told her she had come there to apply for work. As they
reached the building, the lady thanked her and limped down the hall. Later, Margaret was
ushered into the employment manger’s office to find the lady she had just left, sitting at the
desk and beaming at her. “I have been waiting for you.” She said. “the opening is for a re-
ceptionist. A bright girl who is kind and considerate….you have those qualities.”

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 The Young and the Bible Kindness!
Pauline Year Special 3 We don’t always have to be brave.
Sometimes we lack valour.
Paul’s Letter to the Galatians
We don’t always have to be fearless.
1. When was the letter to the Galatians written? About A.D 57
Sometimes we get lost in despair.
2. Where is Galatia situated? In modern Turkey
We don’t always have to be trusting.
3. Against what did Paul write this letter? Against the circumcision faction in the Sometimes we have doubts.
early church (2:12) We don’t always have to be right.
4. What did Jesus give himself for? He gave himself for our sins to set us free Sometimes we are to blame.
from the present evil age (1:4) We don’t always have to be happy.
5. How did Paul receive the gospel, he proclaimed? He did not receive it from any Sometimes we become disheartened.
human source but through a revelation of Jesus Christ. (1:11-12) We don’t always have to be the winner.
6. What did Paul do when he was in Judaism? He was violently persecuting the Sometimes we feel conquered.
church of God and was trying to destroy it (1:13) We don’t always have to be infallible.
7. Why did God call Paul to reveal his son to him? So that he might proclaim him Sometimes we make mistakes.
among the Gentiles (1;15-16) We don’t always have to be grounded.
8. Where did Paul go after his conversion before returning to Damascus? To Ara- Sometimes we lose our way.
bia (1:17) We don’t always have to be strong.
Sometimes we are fragile.
9. When did Paul go to Jerusalem and lay before the Apostles the Gospel he was
But we must always try to be kind.
proclaiming? After fourteen years (2:1)
10. Why did Paul rebuke Peter at Antioch? Since Peter who used to eat with Gen-
Bernadette Ballezza
tiles, withdrew for the fear of the circumcision faction (2:11-12)
11. How is one justified? Not by works of the law but through faith in Jesus SAINT for the WEEK
Christ (2;16) November 11 St. Martin of Tours
12. What does Paul say about his life after conversion? It is no longer I who live He was born in what is now Hungary in 316 son of an officer in the Roman army. He soon felt
but it is Christ who lives in me (2:20) called to the life of Christ and served a term of imprisonment as a conscientious objector who
13. How does the righteous live? By faith (3:11) felt that military service and Christianity were incompatible. After his release there occurred
14. Before faith came, by what were we imprisoned and guarded? By law (3;23) the famous incident, which took place near Amiens, when he gave half his cloak to a beggar
15. How are we made the children of God in Jesus Christ? Through faith (3:26) in whom he saw Christ and then dreamed a dream in which Christ appeared wearing it. He
16. Who is bearing children for slavery? Hagar (4:25) became a disciple of St Hilary at Poitiers and was baptised. From 360 onwards, Martin de-
17. Which is the single commandment in which the whole law is summed up? You voted himself to the monastic life; indeed, he is regarded as the virtual founder of Western
monasticism. His houses were firstly at Ligug near Poitiers and after 372, when he was cho-
shall love your neighbor as yourself (5:14)
sen Bishop of Tours by popular acclaim at Marmoutier, which became a thriving monastery.
18. What are the fruits of the Spirit? Love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gener- In an age when Christianity was largely confined to towns, Martin saw monasteries as a way
osity, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (5:22-23) of promoting rural evangelisation based on spiritual centres. He himself was a most assidu-
19. What does Paul say about the cross of Jesus Christ? By that cross the world ous Bishop, carrying out frequent visitations and defending doctrine. Martin's followers pan-
has been crucified to me and I to the world (6:14) icked when he told them he knew he was near death, but the saint entrusted himself to the
20. What does Paul exhort the Galatians? To become a new creation (6:15) Lord's will in the words: "Lord if your people still need me I do not refuse the work; let your will
21. Why does Paul say “let no one make trouble for me” ? “For I carry the marks be done". He died on November 8th., 397.
of Jesus branded on my body” (6:17)
Wherever there is a human being, there is a chance for a kindness. Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
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