This can be a new and exciting experience in your lives. You will continue to receive advice but now you must take responsibility. You have been told what to do and how to do it. Throughout your lives the Lord has spoken to you through your parents, your family, your catechists, your teachers, your friends and your parish Church. You strike out on your own as young adults. Graduation from high school is a rite of passage when you leave behind your childhood and begin a new chapter in your lives. I can guarantee that if you make the commitment to live that gift, no matter what you do or what happens, you will be filled with hope and be able to see the bright side of life even when difficulties and sadness happen to you. Your parents have seen that you have been raised in our faith which needs to serve you all the days of your lives. God has created you to use that gift every day of your life. But, never forget that the most important gift you have is your faith. God has given you many gifts and I have no doubt that you can and will do remarkable things with those gifts. Please, share this with any public high school graduates who are Catholic whom you may know. I want these graduates to know of our love for them and our recognition of their achievement. Many of these graduates have been enrolled in the faith formation programs in our parishes and involved in parish youth groups. I would like to share with the Catholic graduates of the public high schools in the diocese some of what I said. Recently, I had the opportunity to address the graduates of our six diocesan Catholic High Schools at their respective Baccalaureate Masses.
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