I head the cutest thing in mass this morning I just had to share. A little girl behind was no more than 4 years old and she said to someone one, " You see that booth up there" pointing to the Tabernacle, "Jesus is in there sleeping." The man said, "really?" Then the little girl said, "Yes, but I am not old enough to receive him yet." I thought that this was the sweetest thing but later on in the mass I heard her voice again. This time at the ringing of the bells at the elevation of the host and she said, "Now we are waking Jesus up".
Had to share. The beauty of children and their innocence is truly amazing.
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Here We Go!
Alright. So yes I am still here. I wish I had had the opportunity to blog sooner but between my off days being taken up and then spending the night at a friend's (where I don't have a computer) this has really been the first time I have had a chance to talk to everyone.
I guess I will start with last weekend. It was a very embarrassing time for me, but I also think that a lesson was learned. I has last Saturday off so I decided to cook for my parents and with that I bought a few bottles of wine to go with dinner. Well I was cooking a homemade minestrone soup and well that takes a good bit of time so I started cooking around three and needless to say that was when I started drinking my wine. Well starting at three is very early and then I continued to drink into the night. I ended up passing out a little after nine. I was so upset that I had let myself get like that and my parents saw it. What was worse I have a very loose mouth so I was telling my parents things I never would have told them otherwise or how I felt about things needless to say it was bad. I did not say anything bas but I do wish I had kept my mouth closed. Anyway the next day I apologized to my parents and thankfully they haven't brought it up. I did end up being late to work the next day and missing church. So that sucks so I knew I was going to have to go to confession.
That week was a pretty average week. I was off on Tuesday and ended up spending the day with my Mom and a friend from work because we went to Cherokee where I spend too much money considering I have to be out of debt if I plan on going to seminary in the fall but it was the first thing I had really done for myself in a long time. So it was good. It was good to get away from all that was going on. It also sucked that it took up my entire day so my day "off" was none of the sort.
Now during this week remember I had to meet with the vocation director on Friday to tell him of my intent and give him the primary application. So on top of all of this I am spending ample amounts of free time to try and make that perfect.
Well on Thursday I had my second meeting of Just Faith which deals with the poor and forgotten and how God wants up to work with them. This class is awesome. I recommend to any Catholic to try and start up the class in your local parish. I have only been to two session and it awesome. It is a three hour class every two weeks and it involves a lot of reading, but it is so awesome. We watched a documentary on poverty and then we talked about it. There is more to it but that is the jist of it. Also I think one reason I like it so much is because I am on a University Campus so in out group of 15 we have like 4 professors as well as like 3 retired so there is a lot of intellectual ability in that room. Which help make for nice conversations.
Well Friday, this was the highlight of my week and definitely the most exciting. Well this was the first time I did nor print out mapquest directions to get there because I had gone a few time so I did not see a point in printing out the directions. Well first it was Friday afternoon in Atlanta so I left 1.5 hours early. I should have left earlier as traffic was horrific. Well I get near my exit and it is like 3:58. Well then I miss my exit because apparently they have changed the name when coming from this direction. So I call and leave a message with my number telling them I was going to be late. Then I finally get there and the doors are locked so now I really start worrying so I call him again and tell him I can't get in the building again leaving my number. Well about five minutes later his secretary calls me and is telling me she is at the door to let me in. When I get to the door she is laughing her head off and the first thing she says to me is that we are going to get along very well, and I ask why and when I had left my messages I gave the phone number of my roommate. So we all got a good laugh from that.
Well I meet with him and I am talking the plunge. We talked for about 2 hours and he gave me the real application (the other is so anyone can apply, it is the weed-out application). So that was exciting. So I have a lot of things to start getting together to make application. We decided that a good due date would be the end of February or Mid-March. That way by May we can know whether God is calling me to Atlanta. All I can say is that everything felt right. It had been a long time since it really just felt good but it is nice to know that I feel that I am on the right path.
There is much more I want to talk about but I will save it for a later post. Maybe later today. So peace and good to all, and please remember to pray for me.
I guess I will start with last weekend. It was a very embarrassing time for me, but I also think that a lesson was learned. I has last Saturday off so I decided to cook for my parents and with that I bought a few bottles of wine to go with dinner. Well I was cooking a homemade minestrone soup and well that takes a good bit of time so I started cooking around three and needless to say that was when I started drinking my wine. Well starting at three is very early and then I continued to drink into the night. I ended up passing out a little after nine. I was so upset that I had let myself get like that and my parents saw it. What was worse I have a very loose mouth so I was telling my parents things I never would have told them otherwise or how I felt about things needless to say it was bad. I did not say anything bas but I do wish I had kept my mouth closed. Anyway the next day I apologized to my parents and thankfully they haven't brought it up. I did end up being late to work the next day and missing church. So that sucks so I knew I was going to have to go to confession.
That week was a pretty average week. I was off on Tuesday and ended up spending the day with my Mom and a friend from work because we went to Cherokee where I spend too much money considering I have to be out of debt if I plan on going to seminary in the fall but it was the first thing I had really done for myself in a long time. So it was good. It was good to get away from all that was going on. It also sucked that it took up my entire day so my day "off" was none of the sort.
Now during this week remember I had to meet with the vocation director on Friday to tell him of my intent and give him the primary application. So on top of all of this I am spending ample amounts of free time to try and make that perfect.
Well on Thursday I had my second meeting of Just Faith which deals with the poor and forgotten and how God wants up to work with them. This class is awesome. I recommend to any Catholic to try and start up the class in your local parish. I have only been to two session and it awesome. It is a three hour class every two weeks and it involves a lot of reading, but it is so awesome. We watched a documentary on poverty and then we talked about it. There is more to it but that is the jist of it. Also I think one reason I like it so much is because I am on a University Campus so in out group of 15 we have like 4 professors as well as like 3 retired so there is a lot of intellectual ability in that room. Which help make for nice conversations.
Well Friday, this was the highlight of my week and definitely the most exciting. Well this was the first time I did nor print out mapquest directions to get there because I had gone a few time so I did not see a point in printing out the directions. Well first it was Friday afternoon in Atlanta so I left 1.5 hours early. I should have left earlier as traffic was horrific. Well I get near my exit and it is like 3:58. Well then I miss my exit because apparently they have changed the name when coming from this direction. So I call and leave a message with my number telling them I was going to be late. Then I finally get there and the doors are locked so now I really start worrying so I call him again and tell him I can't get in the building again leaving my number. Well about five minutes later his secretary calls me and is telling me she is at the door to let me in. When I get to the door she is laughing her head off and the first thing she says to me is that we are going to get along very well, and I ask why and when I had left my messages I gave the phone number of my roommate. So we all got a good laugh from that.
Well I meet with him and I am talking the plunge. We talked for about 2 hours and he gave me the real application (the other is so anyone can apply, it is the weed-out application). So that was exciting. So I have a lot of things to start getting together to make application. We decided that a good due date would be the end of February or Mid-March. That way by May we can know whether God is calling me to Atlanta. All I can say is that everything felt right. It had been a long time since it really just felt good but it is nice to know that I feel that I am on the right path.
There is much more I want to talk about but I will save it for a later post. Maybe later today. So peace and good to all, and please remember to pray for me.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
I am still Alive.
For those of you that visit here. I am still alive. Things have been really busy for me lately. I am actually off work tomorrow and plan on a long update. Stay tuned...
Thursday, January 17, 2008
It's Snowing (Or it was)
Ok here is a copy of a blog I wrote last night but the internet was down so enjoy. It is a little long not intentionally.
Yes I live in Georgia and it is snowing (or it was snowing). This is very exciting for us. We get snow maybe once a year if that but it is so nice to see falling and this also means that every person who see a snowflake is going to be running to the store and buying milk and bread because the forces of nature may have us locked up for a very long time. What sad is I am serious. Here in the south people do not know how to deal with the snow and then what makes it worse is when northerns think that they can drive in but little do that know that really in the south we don't really have fluffy snow we get ice. So I fully expect wrecks and delays because people think it is something that it is not.
On other note I love American Idol. I did not get to see it last night because I was working but it is awesome. Tonight a man was on their that worshiped Simon (a little scary I know). He even wrote a song dedicated to him and they all joined in singing, and believe it or not I actually thought that he sounded pretty good. I almost expected them to say yes and just give him a chance but no luck.
I was actually off from work on Tuesday so I again but about what felt like hundreds of application and tweaked my resumé as well as my cover letter many times. Hoping just to get a phone call. We will see but at this point I am not really expecting anything. So I am literally going into major save money mode. I say that but next week I am going to try my luck at the slots at Cherokee. Since turing 21 this has been one of the things that has brought me great happiness. In applying for jobs I know I got desperate when I called my aunt who works with the school system to see if there was anything available, even then there is really nothing now she told me that she would probably have plenty in the fall but hopefully in the fall I will be at seminary. So we will have to see. I keep thinking that someone will call me but no. So I continue you on. The job search is not done.
I got to see my old high school band director the other day and he has not changed at all. Which is a good thing. I am hoping we will find a time to grab dinner in the future and catch up. (Wink, wink). I also got some closure the other day but returning to my Alma Mater to deliver a package. I went into the School of Music a building I have avoided like the plague for the past five years and it was a good thing. It was actually nice to go back and see except for the people things really hadn't changed their either.
Change is one of my major issues. I was born under the sign of the Taurus and feel I fit that very well. I am very much an all or nothing kinda person. I am very grounded and even stubborn at time and I am very level headed, I dream but very much live with-in the boundaries of reality and very much hate change. That is the biggest thing I have to deal with on a day to day basis. Change and moving on. Not that I live in the past but often I try to keep in one direction for the sheer fact that it is safe and do not want to change paths to something else. This is one thing that lately I have been thinking about with the priest hood. It is so freeing. I pledge a pledge of obedience and guess what change will be inevitable and it is not me who has to make the choices. I know for some this sound crazy but think about it. A person ask you to do something you never would have done or chosen for yourself and you really have no choice but have faith in God that this is what through prayer has been decided for you and you jump head first in. I have heard so many stories from priests and religious that their favorite assignments have been things that they never would have chosen for themselves. This excites me.
I am also very scared. I meet with the vocation director next week and I need to start getting my ducks in a row. I know the things that have to be completed before they will except me. I have to have my credit cards paid off and this is very scary for me, but I know that God will provide and he knows best. But he also gave me a plan and I am trying to use it so here is my plan. I have two credit cards. One is over halfway paid off and the other is almost maxed out (only at 2000). I am thinking cut up the one that is almost paid off and then if I have to use the one that is almost maxed out because with the maxed out ones I know I will not be "I want this, I have it on my Credit card." So I think that will be the plan. Also a great help to this would be finding a better paying job and then this would not really even be a concern of mine.
Last thing (Maybe) I know this has been a long post but I have had a lot to say, and it has been like 2 days since I last updated. Apple had their Expo where news things were released. Lets just say I was very excited about everything and will just direct you to their website to learn more. I will say though (here is the Mac plug) if you are in the market for a new computer get an Apple you will be so happy. Yes it is a little different but unless you do something that is just specialized you should have no problems doing anything you want to do on it.
Peace to all. Drive safely and remember in you prayers or thoughts during this cold weather all those without heat or even those without shelter and look though your closet. If you have old coats or blankets that you don't use call you local charity and give them so someone else may have a warmer night.
Yes I live in Georgia and it is snowing (or it was snowing). This is very exciting for us. We get snow maybe once a year if that but it is so nice to see falling and this also means that every person who see a snowflake is going to be running to the store and buying milk and bread because the forces of nature may have us locked up for a very long time. What sad is I am serious. Here in the south people do not know how to deal with the snow and then what makes it worse is when northerns think that they can drive in but little do that know that really in the south we don't really have fluffy snow we get ice. So I fully expect wrecks and delays because people think it is something that it is not.
On other note I love American Idol. I did not get to see it last night because I was working but it is awesome. Tonight a man was on their that worshiped Simon (a little scary I know). He even wrote a song dedicated to him and they all joined in singing, and believe it or not I actually thought that he sounded pretty good. I almost expected them to say yes and just give him a chance but no luck.
I was actually off from work on Tuesday so I again but about what felt like hundreds of application and tweaked my resumé as well as my cover letter many times. Hoping just to get a phone call. We will see but at this point I am not really expecting anything. So I am literally going into major save money mode. I say that but next week I am going to try my luck at the slots at Cherokee. Since turing 21 this has been one of the things that has brought me great happiness. In applying for jobs I know I got desperate when I called my aunt who works with the school system to see if there was anything available, even then there is really nothing now she told me that she would probably have plenty in the fall but hopefully in the fall I will be at seminary. So we will have to see. I keep thinking that someone will call me but no. So I continue you on. The job search is not done.
I got to see my old high school band director the other day and he has not changed at all. Which is a good thing. I am hoping we will find a time to grab dinner in the future and catch up. (Wink, wink). I also got some closure the other day but returning to my Alma Mater to deliver a package. I went into the School of Music a building I have avoided like the plague for the past five years and it was a good thing. It was actually nice to go back and see except for the people things really hadn't changed their either.
Change is one of my major issues. I was born under the sign of the Taurus and feel I fit that very well. I am very much an all or nothing kinda person. I am very grounded and even stubborn at time and I am very level headed, I dream but very much live with-in the boundaries of reality and very much hate change. That is the biggest thing I have to deal with on a day to day basis. Change and moving on. Not that I live in the past but often I try to keep in one direction for the sheer fact that it is safe and do not want to change paths to something else. This is one thing that lately I have been thinking about with the priest hood. It is so freeing. I pledge a pledge of obedience and guess what change will be inevitable and it is not me who has to make the choices. I know for some this sound crazy but think about it. A person ask you to do something you never would have done or chosen for yourself and you really have no choice but have faith in God that this is what through prayer has been decided for you and you jump head first in. I have heard so many stories from priests and religious that their favorite assignments have been things that they never would have chosen for themselves. This excites me.
I am also very scared. I meet with the vocation director next week and I need to start getting my ducks in a row. I know the things that have to be completed before they will except me. I have to have my credit cards paid off and this is very scary for me, but I know that God will provide and he knows best. But he also gave me a plan and I am trying to use it so here is my plan. I have two credit cards. One is over halfway paid off and the other is almost maxed out (only at 2000). I am thinking cut up the one that is almost paid off and then if I have to use the one that is almost maxed out because with the maxed out ones I know I will not be "I want this, I have it on my Credit card." So I think that will be the plan. Also a great help to this would be finding a better paying job and then this would not really even be a concern of mine.
Last thing (Maybe) I know this has been a long post but I have had a lot to say, and it has been like 2 days since I last updated. Apple had their Expo where news things were released. Lets just say I was very excited about everything and will just direct you to their website to learn more. I will say though (here is the Mac plug) if you are in the market for a new computer get an Apple you will be so happy. Yes it is a little different but unless you do something that is just specialized you should have no problems doing anything you want to do on it.
Peace to all. Drive safely and remember in you prayers or thoughts during this cold weather all those without heat or even those without shelter and look though your closet. If you have old coats or blankets that you don't use call you local charity and give them so someone else may have a warmer night.
Sunday, January 13, 2008
Long Day
I was off from work yesterday. How nice it was to sleep in, go to church and then have the rest of the day. Well that would have been the perfect off day but instead I woke up at 7am went to church and then came home and spent the rest of the day at my parents where I ending up eating dinner and we did not eat till 845pm. But I have nothing to really complain about I just like doing things after I eat and my parents eat and then watch 9pm TV and then are in bed at 10. I like having an evening after dinner but oh well.
Church was good yesterday. The new priest is very entertaining at St. Augustine. I really enjoyed the homily even if I did have to listen really closely to understand him because he is hispanic. I got to see an old friend from high school and sat with her and her family today. We are going to have coffee later in the week. She just got back from Montana taking some time off after volunteering in Africa. I am looking forward to hearing her stories.
No news on my cousin, and I am not one to ask. The best I can think of is no news is good news right?
Last night I got a good laugh out of my mom as I noticed the calendar she was using as the family calendar was from 2007. Then she tried to tell me that it was a 2008 calendar. She had already been using it. We all got a kick out of it.
Today I am going to walmart and see what they have open. I will be glad when I can finally transfer down here closer. Peace.
Church was good yesterday. The new priest is very entertaining at St. Augustine. I really enjoyed the homily even if I did have to listen really closely to understand him because he is hispanic. I got to see an old friend from high school and sat with her and her family today. We are going to have coffee later in the week. She just got back from Montana taking some time off after volunteering in Africa. I am looking forward to hearing her stories.
No news on my cousin, and I am not one to ask. The best I can think of is no news is good news right?
Last night I got a good laugh out of my mom as I noticed the calendar she was using as the family calendar was from 2007. Then she tried to tell me that it was a 2008 calendar. She had already been using it. We all got a kick out of it.
Today I am going to walmart and see what they have open. I will be glad when I can finally transfer down here closer. Peace.
Friday, January 11, 2008
Tried and Tired!
The title of this post pretty much sums it up. I am working it seems like 6 days a week (only suppose to work 5 but when you get called in you go), church stuff started back this week. I teach RCIA on Tuesdays night and every other Thursday I am in a class called Just Faith. So needless to say I am very busy. And yes all this is in Athens which is an hour drive form where I live. Thankfully I have a friend who I am staying with some but it still makes me very tired. What makes it worse. I am not really making that much money. I am making enough to get by but I need to be making major payments on my credit cards so I can attend seminary in the fall. I know that God will provide I just have to have faith that he is in control.
In other news I finally got an email from Fr. Luke (Vocation Director in Atlanta) or rather his secretary. I am still very confused but oh well. I am meeting with him the 25th at four in the afternoon. An odd time in my opinion but at least it gives me some time to polish the preliminary application. I have it completed but just not polished.
Other than that I have put in for a ton a jobs none with any call backs. I found like my dream job in a more entry type position and I went to turn in my application with my resumé (It is an academic advisor position at an extremely small community college). I was asked by the lady if I had any experience in a college setting and after looking around, even though i told the truth and said no as far as professional experience but this "College" is taking up half an old middle school in my county. The college I attended had dining halls bigger than the entire school. So I was a little upset, but am praying I get a call back for an interview. I think I would love the position but who knows.
Anyway please keep me in your prayers. I need to slow down but don't see it happening. Peace to all of you.
In other news I finally got an email from Fr. Luke (Vocation Director in Atlanta) or rather his secretary. I am still very confused but oh well. I am meeting with him the 25th at four in the afternoon. An odd time in my opinion but at least it gives me some time to polish the preliminary application. I have it completed but just not polished.
Other than that I have put in for a ton a jobs none with any call backs. I found like my dream job in a more entry type position and I went to turn in my application with my resumé (It is an academic advisor position at an extremely small community college). I was asked by the lady if I had any experience in a college setting and after looking around, even though i told the truth and said no as far as professional experience but this "College" is taking up half an old middle school in my county. The college I attended had dining halls bigger than the entire school. So I was a little upset, but am praying I get a call back for an interview. I think I would love the position but who knows.
Anyway please keep me in your prayers. I need to slow down but don't see it happening. Peace to all of you.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Prayer Request
I just found out my cousin who is pregnant with twins just got a bad report. One baby is much smaller than the other and they only here one heartbeat. Please join me in prayer for both babies as well as the parents and the rest of the family. The Holy Innocents are the patrons of babies and St. Anne the patron of pregnant women if that helps anyone. I will try and keep you updated.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
I Love Confession
First let me say that two days blogging in a row is not going to be the norm. Even though the more I blog the more I like it. Even if I am the only one that reads it. : )
I know it may sound weird but I love confession. I will be the first one to admit that it is a scary sacrament to me. I go and I sit in the church and instead of examining my conscious I end up praying for courage to go to the confessional. Then when I get in there I am so nervous it is almost comical. Like I am worried the priest is going to announce my sins or going to pull out a crucifix and start beating me. But when I finally go though with it, it is the greatest feeling in the world. Such a since of peace and really a new start. It is awesome that God will forgive every time and that there will never be a time when he says enough is enough. Anyway I am trying to get over my fear (even though I go more than your average person), and I am just going to try and concentrate on the after-feeling part. I think this has to be left over protestantism in me. : )
Other than that I was pretty productive today. I made a to do list when I woke up and pretty much finished it. I emailed the Atlanta Vocation director I am just praying that he gets back to me soon. I cooked again for my Dad and Grandma I am not sure that they like what I cook but they are eating it so I guess that is better than nothing. Anyway until next time.
Pax!
I know it may sound weird but I love confession. I will be the first one to admit that it is a scary sacrament to me. I go and I sit in the church and instead of examining my conscious I end up praying for courage to go to the confessional. Then when I get in there I am so nervous it is almost comical. Like I am worried the priest is going to announce my sins or going to pull out a crucifix and start beating me. But when I finally go though with it, it is the greatest feeling in the world. Such a since of peace and really a new start. It is awesome that God will forgive every time and that there will never be a time when he says enough is enough. Anyway I am trying to get over my fear (even though I go more than your average person), and I am just going to try and concentrate on the after-feeling part. I think this has to be left over protestantism in me. : )
Other than that I was pretty productive today. I made a to do list when I woke up and pretty much finished it. I emailed the Atlanta Vocation director I am just praying that he gets back to me soon. I cooked again for my Dad and Grandma I am not sure that they like what I cook but they are eating it so I guess that is better than nothing. Anyway until next time.
Pax!
Friday, January 4, 2008
Driving Could be Nice.?
So I have been living at home now for like two weeks. As much as I hate the drive and the money that it takes to fill up on gas today I actually really enjoyed the commute. I was able to say the Rosary and since I have Sirius satellite radio I was able to listen to The Catholic Guy (Lino Rulli) on the Catholic Channel. I have always really enjoyed the show but had never been able to catch it for more than a few minutes but today I was able to listen for like an entire hour. So I learned so things and some people asked some question that I have wondered about too. So it was nice.
I turned my key into my landlord today so I guess I am now officially moved out. I felt so guilty because we really left the place in a wreck but we also knew that we would probably not get out security deposit back. That is why we left it, and we actually cleaned a lot but I know that the lady is going to have a heart attack.
Yesterday I actually had the day off and was very productive. I completely redid my resumé and applied to like 8 jobs. So are more probable than others but hey I want a job that pays more and is closer. I really need to be making more money. Gas is killing me and my parents could really be using my help and the Archdiocese will not let you have any debt going into the seminary program so I am very focused on paying that off, but I guess if I have to wait a year that it would all be in God's plan even though I think I am ready. I want to go now.
Please pray for me about the jobs. Anything closer or more money would be a big help. Until next time.
Pax.
I turned my key into my landlord today so I guess I am now officially moved out. I felt so guilty because we really left the place in a wreck but we also knew that we would probably not get out security deposit back. That is why we left it, and we actually cleaned a lot but I know that the lady is going to have a heart attack.
Yesterday I actually had the day off and was very productive. I completely redid my resumé and applied to like 8 jobs. So are more probable than others but hey I want a job that pays more and is closer. I really need to be making more money. Gas is killing me and my parents could really be using my help and the Archdiocese will not let you have any debt going into the seminary program so I am very focused on paying that off, but I guess if I have to wait a year that it would all be in God's plan even though I think I am ready. I want to go now.
Please pray for me about the jobs. Anything closer or more money would be a big help. Until next time.
Pax.
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
The New Year!!
Happy New Year.
The new year is always very exciting to me. It is a time to start over, start new habits, end bad ones. It almost like ever year you get a new plate and you get to decide how you are going to fill it. It is very relief filled. Thinking of it now it almost seems like confession but this is even better because it is a clear starting point for everyone, not that confession can not be like that but still. So like every year I to am going to try and fill my plate with better things than last year. Also with this is the knowledge that I want to enter into seminary so much preparation is going to go into that, but one thing I am going to try and do is go to the gym along with every other person out there I am sure, but I can do it. I have done it before and I can do it again. Also I may only try and drink water. Like I said we will see.
Talked to Father Vincent yesterday with the conventuals and all I have to say is that he does his job very well. Every time I meet with him i am ready to join the Franciscans, even though yesterday I clearly told him I felt no attachment to St. Francis, or the Charism of the Franciscans. I do like how they live out their call but even on the live in I attended I left loving the life but did not feel like it was the place for me. I want to be with God's people in a very personal way and involved in one area for long time and I felt that they very much cater to the brotherhood so much. Like mass each day is closed and only for the brothers (where I stayed in a formation house, I do not think this is the case everywhere). I just feel I need to be with the people more and I am very independent. So I am still looking to the diocese but like I said Fr. Vincent does a very good job. So now I am question filled again but still feel called to the diocesan Priesthood.
On the note of Catholicism that seems to be the only topic my parents and I talk about now. Which is fine but I do have other interest. I love talking about it but I feel like they do not think that we can talk about anything else. Today we talked about the Rosary and the Liturgy of the Hours. I even gave them the book "An idiots guide to Catholicism" hoping to make things easier for them and I think it has it just is so much talk of Catholicism, but maybe I am planting seeds. Of course most of our talks deal with the fact that I need to be a Baptist preacher so I can mate. New topics need to be found.
On another note my best friend got engaged today. Even though I knew it was coming and knew she was going to say yes and everything I am so happy for them. I wish them the best of luck, I just hope that it will be their wedding and not something other people plan. I am going to get to be the best man, which is exciting. I am going to buy a few books next week to make sure I will be the best best man. Another funny thing is that she is Catholic (not practicing (well she does but not regularly)) and he is Church of Christ and his parents put the fun in fundamental. Don't take me wrong his parents are like my adopted parents and they have even accepted my vocation but I know this is going to add an interesting dynamic to their planning. I told my friend I would be the Catholic Advisor. Thankfully I have dragged him to enough masses so that he knows what is going on.
Well I am going to bed I know it is not even 7 but I have to be at work at 4 so I need to leave my house at the latest 2:55. So I am calling it. Continue to pray. I am emailing the vocation director (of Atlanta) this week to hopefully arrange a time to meet so I can start the process.
Pax
The new year is always very exciting to me. It is a time to start over, start new habits, end bad ones. It almost like ever year you get a new plate and you get to decide how you are going to fill it. It is very relief filled. Thinking of it now it almost seems like confession but this is even better because it is a clear starting point for everyone, not that confession can not be like that but still. So like every year I to am going to try and fill my plate with better things than last year. Also with this is the knowledge that I want to enter into seminary so much preparation is going to go into that, but one thing I am going to try and do is go to the gym along with every other person out there I am sure, but I can do it. I have done it before and I can do it again. Also I may only try and drink water. Like I said we will see.
Talked to Father Vincent yesterday with the conventuals and all I have to say is that he does his job very well. Every time I meet with him i am ready to join the Franciscans, even though yesterday I clearly told him I felt no attachment to St. Francis, or the Charism of the Franciscans. I do like how they live out their call but even on the live in I attended I left loving the life but did not feel like it was the place for me. I want to be with God's people in a very personal way and involved in one area for long time and I felt that they very much cater to the brotherhood so much. Like mass each day is closed and only for the brothers (where I stayed in a formation house, I do not think this is the case everywhere). I just feel I need to be with the people more and I am very independent. So I am still looking to the diocese but like I said Fr. Vincent does a very good job. So now I am question filled again but still feel called to the diocesan Priesthood.
On the note of Catholicism that seems to be the only topic my parents and I talk about now. Which is fine but I do have other interest. I love talking about it but I feel like they do not think that we can talk about anything else. Today we talked about the Rosary and the Liturgy of the Hours. I even gave them the book "An idiots guide to Catholicism" hoping to make things easier for them and I think it has it just is so much talk of Catholicism, but maybe I am planting seeds. Of course most of our talks deal with the fact that I need to be a Baptist preacher so I can mate. New topics need to be found.
On another note my best friend got engaged today. Even though I knew it was coming and knew she was going to say yes and everything I am so happy for them. I wish them the best of luck, I just hope that it will be their wedding and not something other people plan. I am going to get to be the best man, which is exciting. I am going to buy a few books next week to make sure I will be the best best man. Another funny thing is that she is Catholic (not practicing (well she does but not regularly)) and he is Church of Christ and his parents put the fun in fundamental. Don't take me wrong his parents are like my adopted parents and they have even accepted my vocation but I know this is going to add an interesting dynamic to their planning. I told my friend I would be the Catholic Advisor. Thankfully I have dragged him to enough masses so that he knows what is going on.
Well I am going to bed I know it is not even 7 but I have to be at work at 4 so I need to leave my house at the latest 2:55. So I am calling it. Continue to pray. I am emailing the vocation director (of Atlanta) this week to hopefully arrange a time to meet so I can start the process.
Pax
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