i feel this fire inside. its consuming. its amazing. i have a passion for my faith, for Christ. He's working in my life. He's blessing me so much. it can be quite overwhelming, but i love it. so why do i have so much trouble talking about it? why do i get so emotional when i try to tell people about how wonderful God is and how my life is so ( Read more... )

being a math major, here's a nice equation ( Read more... )

At this, Jesus said to him, "Get away, Satan! It is written: 'The Lord, your God, shall you worship and him alone shall you serve.'"

Lord, help me make this Lent a season of true commitment to Christ as Lord. Help me to serve you alone as my God.

i find it so amazing that our God humbled Himself and was tempted. we are tempted everyday, and here, ( Read more... )

Then he said to all, "If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me."  Luke 9:23

Lord, help me to daily choose to take up my cross and follow you.  Please be my strength for the journey.

it seems like the cross is so much heavier this year than it was last year....and i just wonder if its because ( Read more... )

ben came to conway tonight! yay! i was super excited! we just hung out and talked for a while and it was just so nice! he's such a great guy! i feel truly blessed by God to know him! so we were talking about the catholic faith and i was talking about adoration and daily mass and such things and i said something to the effect of the following:

i ( Read more... )

I have this reflection book for the Sunday gospels for this year, and today during my adoration hour i read the reflection for today. the gospel for today is one of my favorite passages in the Bible, and the reflection by David LeSieur in my book really put a totally new spin on how i look at the gospel.  i wanted to share it with you, so first i ( Read more... )

today is the celebration of the Presentation of the Lord in the Catholic Church. last night at mass, father tom went ahead and celebrated it. its a holy day of obligation in some countries but not the US. the second reading was from the second chapter of Hebrews and it really spoke to me, so i would like to share a piece of it with you...

Because ( Read more... )

i went and talked to father brandon friday afternoon. that man is truly a gift from God. He spoke of things i already knew, but he put them in a new perspective and now i feel so much better. i loved the gospel today....the beatitudes are so wonderful. those 12 verses in matthew spell out christianity. as father tom said it, they are basically ( Read more... )

this may be a rather long entry because i feel like i have so much i want to say...however, i dont know if im gonna get it all out on here or not....we'll see what happens ( Read more... )

i know ive been posting quizzes lately and i wasnt going to do that today but i saw katie's journal and thought her quiz was neat so i took it and i wanted post the results....i guess im just glad that im definitely CHRISTIAN and CATHOLIC....why they are two separate categories...i dont know, but oh well :) here it goes....

You scored as ( Read more... )