Dating in College: Free to Love

Why Save Sex for Marriage?
How Does Purity Lead to Loving Freely?
How to Live Purely and Love Freely

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 3 Steps  to Dating in College

Step 1: Fall in love with God and focus on your relationship with Him.​
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How to Get to Know God
  1. ​​Spend time with Him: The only way to get to know someone is by being with them. The best way to get to know God is by being with Him, truly present in the Eucharist
  2. ​Talk to Him: Prayer from the heart is as simple as speaking with God every day. Praying the Rosary helps us to put on the mind of Christ by meditating on the Gospels and learning from his Mother, Mary.
  3. Listen to Him: If you think God doesn't speak to you, get a Bible, pray "Come, Holy Spirit," and read, starting in the Gospels. God speaks to each heart individually in His Word.
  4. Say You're Sorry: Every good relationship includes saying you're sorry. When we go to Confession, God clears all the obstacles we put up to keep Him away from our heart and comes close to us.
  5. Make Sacrifices: St. Clare said that "love without sacrifice is not worthy of the name." When we make small sacrifices for God, we train ourselves and get stronger so we can love not only in word by in action.
Step 2: Focus on becoming who God is calling YOU to be.
How to Become Who You're Called to Be
  1. ​God has a perfect plan for your life: ask Him what it is. God has created each of us for a mission, purpose, and perfect plan. Ask God to show you who you are as his son or daughter. Ask God to what your vocation is. Ask God how He wants you to live this plan now and prepare for your future full of hope.
  2. Grow in character and virtue. No matter what God is calling you to in the future, He's calling you to holiness right now. By focusing on becoming a man or woman of character now, you'll be preparing yourself to rise to the challenge of marriage, the priesthood, or religious life.
  3. Build healthy and authentic friendships. You have love to give and receive. Do so, by building other people up in authentic, Christ-centered friendships.
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Step 3: Date for the purpose of discerning Marriage with that person
​              and keep God at the center.
The Three Signs of God's Presence in your Relationship
  1. ​Prayer. If you're not praying, how can you know this is what God wants you to be doing? If the relationship you're in doesn't make you want to pray more, how will this person lead you closer to God in Marriage?
  2. ​Purity. No one is ever worth losing soul or compromising your sanctity and relationship with God. If there's impurity within your relationship it isn't something God wants or the two of you aren't ready for a relationship. Scroll up for more about living purely and loving freely.
  3. ​Peace. Having peace does not mean "seeing how things go" or "letting things develop" or "going with the flow" and then thinking, "I like this so I have peace." No. Peace means that before you start a relationship or invest your heart in someone, you ask God honestly what He wants for you, waited patiently for His answer, and now have peace in your heart based upon the firm conviction that you are doing God's will and not your own. Never stop asking God , even if it means ending the relationship. God will never let us miss out on His perfect plan because we're trying to follow His will. He always has something better in store.
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