Greetings and inspirations: this isn't going to be easy

Readers-
Hi and welcome to the blog. I must start off by saying that I am very new to blogging. I feel like disclaimer is needed since I am talking about Religion in an opened venue. I will say that what I write is not supposed to be Cannon Law. I will specify words that are quoted, look up documents if needed, but what this is essentially for is a way to break down and interpret the word into layman's terms and answer the question: "So Why should I care?"
Anything that is not cited is merely the knowledge and insight of what I know in my 21 years of living a life of faith.
Now that I we've gotten that out of the way, let's get to it:

This blog was inspired a week ago when I got off a retreat with several students of mine. The point of retreat is to do simply that: go AWAY from the hang-ups and distractions of life and try and remember what it is you are meant to do. Now on one hand, this is a really great way to teach the faith because you are surrounded by supportive people, who believe and share these ideals. And you go, and sing songs, and feel better about yourself at the end and commit life to chirst. It's so easy to be good on retreat.

On the other hand, this is not what Christ intended.

Christ did a lot of footwork. He ate and drank with sinners. And while he does take some time to go off and think and pray (40 days to be exact), this was not his messege. Christ challenges us to go OUT and spread his "light" or his "word" (Depending on what gospel your reading). Retreats only happen every so often, and we cannot live life on retreat. And the furthur and furthur you get from retreat... the easier and easier it is to forget what you learned. And MAYBE you forget your commitment you made.

Retreat is a refresher on how to make things work. So HOW can we get our retreat like atmosphere to keep us good in a not-always-so-good world? Let's look back at our elements of retreat: People who believe the same ideals, songs, commitment to God....

Don't get me wrong... but doesn't that sound a little like church?

Who knew? An hour out of your day, one day a week, and we get a little refresher on what Jesus says about life, and it gets EASIER to carry out his messege... And by COMMITTING that one hour out of your week to "retreat", its making that catholic guilt less prominent the next time you go to retreat and commit your life to god:) (If you've ever been to church camp, you know what I am talking about)

So what: All I am saying is, if you have Jesus' word once a week at LEAST, it makes being a Christian through actions a little bit easier. And trust me. No one said this was going to be easy. :)