March 2012
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February 2012
54 posts
Middle Child
My 16 year-old brother and my 26 year-old sister are having a loud discussion upstairs about high school. They gleefully acknowledged which clubs they joined, which ones they were officers for, their GPAs… and they made friendly insults towards each other while referencing their favorite inside jokes.
I can’t help but simultaneously feel proud, jealousy, and happiness (for many...
“She left pieces of her life behind her everywhere she went. It’s easier to...”
– Story People: Selected Stories & Drawings of Brian Andreas
12 Relationship Truths We Often Forget →
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1. All successful relationships require some work. – They don’t just happen, or maintain themselves. They exist and thrive when the parties involved take the risk of sharing what it is that’s going on in their minds and hearts. Open communication and honesty is the key. (Read The Road Less Traveled.)
2. Most of the time you get what you put in. – If you want love, give love. If...
Lenten Fast
I went to mass at Saint John the Baptist in Costa Mesa after work on Friday afternoon. I’ve never seen so many attendees at daily mass! It was amazing! (To paint a picture, Interfaith probably would’ve been full! But of course, it was an actual parish with lots of seats, so it wasn’t completely full, but it was still a lot!)
The priest’s homily started out with,...
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“No one is kept from sharing in this happiness. There is for all one common...”
– Saint Leo the Great
Lenten promise
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“God, I don’t have great faith, but I can be faithful. My belief in You may be seasonal, but my faithfulness will not. I will follow in the way of Christ. I will act as though my life and the life of others matter. I will love. I have no greater gift to offer than my life. Take it.”
Prince of Peace
“Shelter Your Name” by Danielle Rose
Help me forgive myself Help me to lift the cross I laid upon my soul Help me to look at myself through your eyes To see all I am and still be satisfied Help me forgive myself You are all I am not You are all all that I am Break down these walls Take all my brokenness Rebuild me to shelter Your name
Within my secrets, Jesus, there you reside And...
“Sometimes in our relentless effort to find the person we love, we fail to...”
– Albert Einstein (via ileandeezy)
gotdamn einstein was a g
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“We too are called to withdraw at certain intervals into deeper silence and...”
– Blessed Mother Teresa (via msbubbles)
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Meet me at "Love"
Don’t move towards people.
Move towards love. Then stay there. And wait there.
And if someone happens to meet you at the spot where you stand, vulnerable as ever, rest assured that they were moved to, by and for love as well.
“But seek first the kingdom [of God] and his righteousness, and all these things will be given you besides. Do not worry about tomorrow; tomorrow will take...
(This Guyyy
Friend: do you know why the petition of prayers and intentions are said after the profession of faith?
Me: mm not really...
Friend: because WE BELIEVE in Love. the concept of sacrifices and offerings, the understanding of mercy and compassion, the power of prayer... we PROFESS it.
then we say our intentions
and THEN it's the offertory of the gifts
and as humans, we are imperfect, but we find perfection in him
and so we offer up our failures, our successes, our intentions... all at once
and leave it at the foot of the cross. on the altar
"Yellow Mamba"
I don’t think Jeremy Lin deserves that title. Not that he shouldn’t be compared to greatness or anything—that can push him to be even more amazing. I think he can make a good name for himself without being under the shadow of the only Black Mamba.
I will not call myself his fan, but I can’t deny that I am following and praying for the guy. Above being the first-born...
Read up
Education is meant to promote ideas, critical thinking, and challenge us to reach our highest potentials. Schools should not be an arena where opinions are shoved down our throats. Education cannot be forced upon a student who is not willing to learn and education should not limit the knowledge that we, as students of life, want to learn. The right to learn is free and so should be the...
"The Church has seen tyrants come and go. And, Mr.... →
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So says a couple of secular journalists in Business Insider article with the greatest title ever: Time to Admit it: The Church Has Always Been Right On Birth Control. Here’s a taste:
Painting the Catholic Church as “out of touch” is like shooting fish in a barrel, what with the funny hats and gilded churches. And nothing makes it easier...
I trust in You
If we can’t laugh at ironic and awkward moments, then we will never understand God. While many will call them pranks—which, they are—I choose to believe that they’re pranks with a purpose: to teach us a lesson, to make us stronger, to teach us how to live a life full of laughter and love.
God has been humbling me and saying “IN YOUR FACE!!” all week....
Ugly cry
It happens when your laughing hella hard with amazing company.
It happens when you let it all go and offer it up to God.
It happened. And man, it was a beautiful kind of ugly—at least on the inside… For me. Hahah
Cliche... and some!
Things happen for a reason. (To make you stronger? To make God laugh? Who really knows…!)
The best way to deal? Don’t ask why. Ask yourself: what will I do now? Be positive, proactive, persistent & prayerful.
Head up, eyes to heaven, heart to God.
Work hard, play harder & pray hardest.
Make 2012 yours while it’s still early.
Bigger things.
Dear heart & brain,
It’s not about you and it’s never been about you. There are bigger things in the world and you can’t be with everyone you love all in one day. You can’t do it all. You will not have everything you think you need when you want them; you will receive them when you need them most and in God’s time. Be prudent with your resources because they are...
God's plan.
Me: God can I ask you a question?
God: Sure
Me: Promise you won't get mad
God: I promise
Me: Why did you let so much stuff happen to me today?
God: What do you mean?
Me: Well, I woke up late,
God: Yes
Me: My car took forever to start,
God: Okay
Me: at lunch they made my sandwich wrong & I had to wait,
God: Huummmm...
Me: On the way home, my phone went DEAD, just as I picked up a call.....
God: All right
Me: And on top of it all off, when I got home ~I just want to soak my feet in my new foot massager & relax. BUT it wouldn't work!!! Nothing went right today! Why did you do that?
God: Let me see, the Death Angel was at your bed this morning & I had to send one of the other angels to battle him for your life. I let you sleep through that.
Me (humbled): OH
GOD: I didn't let your car start because there was a drunk driver on your route that would have hit you if you were on the road.
Me (ashamed).........
God: The first person who made your sandwich today was sick & I didn't want you to catch what they have, I knew you couldn't afford to miss work.
Me (embarrasses): Ok
God: Your phone went dead bcuz the person that was calling was going to give false witness about what you said on that call, I didn't even let you talk to them so you would be covered.
Me (softly): I see God
God: Oh and that foot massager, it had a shortage that was going to throw out all of the power in your house tonight. I didn't think you wanted to be in the dark.
Me: I'm sorry God
God: Don't be sorry, just learn to trust me.....in all things, the good & the bad.
Me: I will trust you
God: And don't doubt that my plan for your day is always better than your plan.
Me: I won't God. And let me just tell you God, thank you for everything today.
God: You're welcome child. It was just another day being your God and I love looking after my children......
God knows what he does
