Truth vs. Sentimentality

Almost every day I am brought to tears by the testimonies we receive from souls all over the world whose lives have been transformed by the traditional Catholic reading of the sacred history of Genesis. On the one hand they are tears of joy, especially when the testimonies overflow from the hearts of young people, but they are also tears of sadness when I reflect on the way that so much youth apostolate in the Church all over the world has devolved into emotionalism and sentimentality because young people do not receive the truth that would set them free from sin and error if it were presented to them in a coherent form. Consider the following testimony from a young woman in her twenties: