Well, I just got back from Worship Commission. It was a good time. They want to have some catechesis about the Rosary in religion education, which I think is really cool. I know I need to say the Rosary more. You know, we could use this blog a lot more than what we do. We don't have to write big huge things every time we come here....just random things. And we need to encourage each other to visit it more often! I think that I'm also going to be adding some things to the sidebar. I'd like to put up dates of things like Taize Prayer so that we all know when they are. And the weekly stuff too, like Quest and Youth Lit (that we already know, but just so that it's there). Because I know we all feel like we need more Jesus in our lives.....and I know our lives are crazy, but maybe one day you won't have very much homework and you'll feel like you need a way to connect.....and you can come here and do that. That was always my goal for this blog...a way to connect. So, I'm trying to clean out some of the links on the sidebar and just keep the ones that are really....I don't know, interesting to us. So if there are any links there that you don't like, let me know. Also, if you know of any new ones you'd like to see, feel free to let me know. I have quite a bit of homework right now, but hopefully I'll have time to start doing all this stuff tonight after Youth Lit/New Life (after I write the bulletin). THE END.
SYATP wasn't very fulfilling for me....I suspect it was the pro-Bush and anti-keeping prayer out of school comments that were made. Anyway.
"How was that Confirmation.....thing?" "It was stupid. It was worthless. It was a waste of my time." :O "What?!" "I know more about the Catholic Church than my teacher does. No one in my class actually wants to get Confirmed." "It's required, you have to go!" "Yes, I know that I have to go. I don't understand why. The classes have absolutely no value for me." "You have to go! So just do it, and don't look crabby when you go!"
So says my parents, who never attend church and get offended when I suggest perhaps they should. I just....ugh. Religion class depressed me beyond words tonight. I hated every second of being there. Our teacher isn't prepared and although she's a lovely lady she....doesn't attend church regularly. People in my class are obnoxious. I mean, there's people in my class that I like, but I don't enjoy discussing God with them. I seriously wanted to cry leaving there. It's so degrading that something so sacred to me can be so laughable to others. I don't care if they don't believe what I believe, but you know, then they shouldn't get confirmed. But I guess their parents are like mine, who would make them get Confirmed whether they wanted to or not. It's so idiotic. I wish I could get Confirmed at a separate time than all these people who don't care. My faith is holy to me, and it's not fair to me to be forced to go to these required classes in which we read about the Sacraments for the umpteenth time, or sit and read stupid scripts that mean nothing. No one understands what we're talking about. The words on the pages are not real. Ugh. Okay, I'm done because I'm just making my mood worse. Does anyone else feel like this?
I'm sorry I've been so busy lately! With volleyball, I doubt I'll be able to come to the Quest in a while... :-/ Thursdays are game days. But as soon as I can I'll be there. Things have just been so crazy. On a lighter note, See You At The Pole was today and there were 95 people there!! I know jackie and jennifer were there too, it was really awesome. I was filled with so much hope and joy to see the number of people there. It was the perfect way to start out the day, and I've been on a Jesus high ever since. I just feel like so much has been happening lately that I haven't kept God as much in focus as I should have. It's like He's still there and I talk to Him every night and morning... but I haven't been keeping Him in my mind and been living for Him as much as I could be. So this morning I decided I need to re-focus my life and I think things are looking up again! I'm so thankful for everyone in my life, and I'm glad Liturgy is started again. I've really missed it. It's like coming home again :-)
It is definitely time to plan another youth mass. Especially after writing another letter defending them (did you see it??). And now, I am not the only published Compass author. Andy Brault had a letter to the editor published today, too! I liked your letter, Andy. It was short and to the point (unlike mine, ;D). We need to think of ways to get more people to The Quest, though! Tonight was a lot of fun, but it was just Ryan, Mark, and I. If three of us can have lots of fun, just think of the possibilities for 5 or 10 or 12.5!
