First off, I would like to apologize for not posting for quite some time, but I promise I have a legitimate excuse. Immediately following my final exam, I left for California for a bit (I will post pictures soon!), and I have been home for two days, and I am currently preparing to leave for the D.C. area again to attend a the Seton Gala.
A lot has happened in the past few weeks, and I have so much I want to say! Instead of cavalierly commandeering this blog and deciding what I would like to talk about, I want to know what people reading this would like to hear!
Leave a comment on this post letting me know which of the following topics sound most interesting and you would like to hear about:
Sunday Mass in California at the Mission in San Luis Obispo (and other California adventures, with photos!)
Modest is Hottest
Eternity is Worth the Awkwardness
Discerning the Little Things
Any other suggestions
So please, leave a comment and let me know :)
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Silver Lining
Today has been cold and dark with spots of rain every now and then. It is also exam week. The gloominess is almost unbearable.
Before exam week started, the students who attended the 10pm Sunday mass (yes, PM), received Father Peter's "blessing of the brains" that he gives at the end of every semester. The blessing was so beautifully said, asking the Holy Spirit to fill the students with peace, easing their anxiety. Father Peter prayed that we would not neglect our prayer or our studies.
How perfect was it that prayer was listed before studies. As a Catholic college student, it is so easy to get wrapped up in the idea of being a "good student" that we are no longer a good child of God. Today I took a small hour break from my studying to go to the chapel and pray, and then say hello to friends that were studying in the chapel's library. As gloomy and nerve-racking as the day had been, just being in front of the Blessed Sacrament helped soothe my soul. Just that quick conversation with Jesus helped me offer up my own anxieties.
As I said my goodbyes to my friends in the chapel's library, and walked outside, I was greeted with no rain! How wonderful! The rain had stopped, and I know the sun is patiently waiting behind the clouds, relishing in the idea of the moment I am done with my final final exam at 4pm tomorrow, so he can burst out from behind the grey, and welcome me into summer!
Before exam week started, the students who attended the 10pm Sunday mass (yes, PM), received Father Peter's "blessing of the brains" that he gives at the end of every semester. The blessing was so beautifully said, asking the Holy Spirit to fill the students with peace, easing their anxiety. Father Peter prayed that we would not neglect our prayer or our studies.
How perfect was it that prayer was listed before studies. As a Catholic college student, it is so easy to get wrapped up in the idea of being a "good student" that we are no longer a good child of God. Today I took a small hour break from my studying to go to the chapel and pray, and then say hello to friends that were studying in the chapel's library. As gloomy and nerve-racking as the day had been, just being in front of the Blessed Sacrament helped soothe my soul. Just that quick conversation with Jesus helped me offer up my own anxieties.
As I said my goodbyes to my friends in the chapel's library, and walked outside, I was greeted with no rain! How wonderful! The rain had stopped, and I know the sun is patiently waiting behind the clouds, relishing in the idea of the moment I am done with my final final exam at 4pm tomorrow, so he can burst out from behind the grey, and welcome me into summer!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Grades
What is the current nominal interest rate on 5-year Brazilian treasury bills? Who knows? I should, because it's part of my curriculum for my Economics 310 class. I have a problem set and a quiz due for that class this week, immediately followed by my final exam. And that class is my easiest class this semester in terms of work load. Absurd? Yes, I think so too.
So here I sit, whining and complaining, about this hard life. I have to study for classes, and hang out with friends, and have my tuition paid for by the people who put up with my antics for so long. Someone please call the wahhmbulance.
I have to constantly remind myself that part of being a faithful daughter of God is to do every task with excellence. Part of my "little-v-vocation" is being a student. If being a student now is going to help me reach my big V Vocation, then I should be being the best student I can be.
What is your vocation in life? Are you living it out right now? I have to ask myself these questions just to make sure I'm staying on track, and even then it can be so hard to discern what is coming from the Holy Spirit, and what is coming from my own personal wishes. Sometimes I wish God could just shoot me and email, or text me what I should do each day, or if I could just have a Bruce Almighty moment, where God played by Morgan Freeman just gives me all his powers.
I have to be careful with what I pray for though, because God just might give me what I want. But God, in His omniscience, would not tell me something I wasn't ready for. So for now, I know I am ready to be a good student. In fact, I am ready enough to let you know that the current nominal interest rate on 5-year Brazilian treasury bills is 12.7% (in Brazilian Reals).
So here I sit, whining and complaining, about this hard life. I have to study for classes, and hang out with friends, and have my tuition paid for by the people who put up with my antics for so long. Someone please call the wahhmbulance.
I have to constantly remind myself that part of being a faithful daughter of God is to do every task with excellence. Part of my "little-v-vocation" is being a student. If being a student now is going to help me reach my big V Vocation, then I should be being the best student I can be.
What is your vocation in life? Are you living it out right now? I have to ask myself these questions just to make sure I'm staying on track, and even then it can be so hard to discern what is coming from the Holy Spirit, and what is coming from my own personal wishes. Sometimes I wish God could just shoot me and email, or text me what I should do each day, or if I could just have a Bruce Almighty moment, where God played by Morgan Freeman just gives me all his powers.
I have to be careful with what I pray for though, because God just might give me what I want. But God, in His omniscience, would not tell me something I wasn't ready for. So for now, I know I am ready to be a good student. In fact, I am ready enough to let you know that the current nominal interest rate on 5-year Brazilian treasury bills is 12.7% (in Brazilian Reals).
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