A little rant

+JMJ

So... on October 12th Fr. Robert Barron came and gave a great lecture at my uber liberal UCC College. He was talking about the life of John Henry Cardinal Newman and also a bit on the liberal conservative divide there is in the Church today. I recorded the entire thing (over an hour) and I would share with you if I could somehow get it hosted some place, but I am not that web savy. Afterwards, we had an ice cream social that got into some deep discussion. I also found out that I think there is only two Catholics on campus that think that homosexual relations and gay marriage are wrong. I am pretty sure I one of them.

So, a few weeks ago, I was at Mass with my mother and sister and I hadn't been to Mass last Sunday and I knew I could not recieve. My mother was quite mad at me afterwards and gave me that glare and said she wanted to talk to me afterwards. I hadn't done anything wrong (well, at least any worse) and when I explaind that I could not recieve because I was in mortal sin and hadn't confessed, she told me that I take this all too seriously! Recieving the Blessed Sacrament is not a right in any way... it is a gift, and one that we must prepare ourselves to receive always! I wish that we could educate everyone to realize this.

I've also come to realize that I have slowly been secularizing myself and letting myself slip into a bit of lethargy in keeping watch. I have learned that I have been way to loose with my money and now I have to pay about $2,000 for car repairs (my car started smoking as I was driving home this past weekend) plus I owe my mom $165 for towing my car to be fixed. I have maybe just over $2,000 right now, both in savings and in checking. I'm poor... :(

Well, that is about all I have to rant/share with you today. May God bless you all abundantly!

Lord, Thy Will Be Done!

So, I was thinking...

+JMJ

Praised be Jesus Christ! Greetings to you all and your holy angels! I realize it has been far too long since I have made any sort of update and a lot has happened, although nothing major or fantastic. Monday I spent all day Downtown at the Field Musuem taking pictures for my Non-European art history class. My dad also got us tickets to see the King Tut exhibit while we where there. It really wasn't as good as I imagined it would have been. There was some really beautiful things there, but for some reason all this gold and artisian work really doesn't astound me. Even the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel didn't take my breath away. Yes, it was beautiful. What I found even more beautiful was the Crucifix on the altar. It was nothing extraordinary and possibly made by someone we don't know. I loved it and I wanted to get closer to it to see each and every detail. I love the wonderfully ornate and beautiful churches that are not tourist destinations. I was in awe of the beauty of St. Peter's, but I fell in love with the quiet sanctity of St. Paul's Outside the Walls. Am I crazy? Does the environment of art really change it's beauty?