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Lately I’ve noticed so many young people randomly turning to Christ and it honestly kind of amazes me.

I grew up cradle Catholic, but if I’m being real, my faith was mostly just “go through the motions.” I did the sacraments because of school, knew the basics, but I never actually tried building my own relationship with God or reading the Bible for myself.

But after Easter, something genuinely changed in me. I can’t even fully explain it. It’s like something ignited in my heart and now all I want is to grow closer to Jesus and God. I started praying more, reading Scripture, reflecting more deeply, and for the first time my faith feels personal and alive instead of just routine.

What’s even crazier is that I’m noticing this happening around me too.

One of my best friends was never religious at all. She was more into New Age/spiritual stuff like crystals, manifestations, all that kind of thing. Then recently she told me she randomly started praying and she feels so much more at peace now, even telling me she wanted to go to confession! I was honestly shocked because I never expected that from her.

And then when I went to confession recently, there were SO many teenagers and young adults there. That genuinely surprised me because I feel like a few years ago you barely saw young people engaging with faith seriously.

I don’t know what’s happening exactly, but it’s so crazy!

It’s honestly beautiful to see.

Has anyone else noticed this lately?

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I just had the most vivid, emotional dream of my life and I can’t shake it

I’ve had dreams before where old friends or places show up, but nothing like this. This felt completely real, like I was actually there.

In the dream, I was a kid again at my elementary school. Not just vaguely, it was exact. The building, the feeling of being there. All of my old friends were there, and even my childhood crush. The crazy part is they all looked exactly how they did back then, although I haven’t seen most of these people in like 10+ years.

Then it got even more intense. It was like school pickup time, and my mom and my aunt came, and they looked younger too, exactly how they were back then.

As we were walking away from the school, I became aware that I was going to wake up. And in the dream, I literally said to them:

“Can I just stay here forever? If I leave, I’ll wake up and be 22 again. I don’t want to go back.”

I remember begging them to let me stay. And they just told me no, that I had to go back.

And then I woke up.

I’ve never had a dream where I was that aware of my real life while still being inside it. It felt like I was being pulled out of that world, and I didn’t want to leave.

When I woke up, I just felt this really heavy, almost sad feeling ugh.