Hi all! Sorry I've kind of dropped off the face of the planet for a while... it's been crazy, jeez. Planning Prom ate my life away, combined with AP Gov and other randomness... but the good news is my big project is done and Prom is over! Everything worked out great so life is good and I'm looking forward to a time of relative peace with the retreat and Easter approaching. ^_^ You all are so wonderful... I agree with Jackie, you're the coolest. I would be lost without you! I have to get going but I'll see you all soon, all my love~
And now that I am home, fresh from a Worship Commission meeting, I will share various pieces of news with you whores. Why? Because you love me! Firstly: The annual Budget Hearing will be held on Thursday, April 22 at 6:30 PM. I cannot go, because that's Mia's first birthday (squee!) and also the night of Academic Games. And although Budget Hearings can be dreadfully boring, I think that some youth should go! Because Father Jim and other people have talked about getting a Youth Minister (provided we have enough money). And I have no idea as to where the whole church stands on it, but maybe some if you can enlighten the church as to basically all that we have right now is Youth Liturgy and New Life, which we can only hope will continue strongly next year when all the seniors are all gone. It'd be really nice to have a Youth Group again, and I think that having a Youth Minister would be a good thing. And there's other things, too....like for the building remodeling, there is currently an extension for youth space in the plans (so that like, our game room doesn't have to be a storage room).
And also, I just wanted to thank you guys for being so cool. Because there are some people who love the Church, but don't like to question it. And I think that that's very dangerous. I mean, sure, the majority of priests and whatever are very Holy men who really love and know God. But sometimes, some people in the Church do unholy things. This is a reality, and simply not talking about it makes it worse. Look at the sex scandal - if everyone knew what some priests were doing, then why didn't they say anything? Maybe if they had, we wouldn't be where we are. I'm not trying to say we should question all authority, but I think we need to remember that...well, bishops, etc. did not descend from Heaven (as far as I know, anyway). Yeah. Expressing opinions is a good thing. I wish that more people would respect that.
Also....CONGRATULATIONS to Sarah, because she is the Prom Queen. BOOYAH.
Yes, Ashley............... I will be there, but I will be sitting in the back because it's a tradition to go with my friend Leah. But I will be there. Good luck convert!
Well, I'm at St. Meinrad. I know I didn't get the internship.....but I am going to try to go down with the group this summer. I hope your youth mass went well. I really wish I was there. See yah.
Good luck on your tests Ashley! I'm sure you will do fine. Alright, I'm going to St. Meinrad. I'm almost positive I won't get it because from his e-mails, the matt guy is getting irritated with me. Yes, I'm a whore! I forget everything and really should work on that.
I didn't mean to make you cry, you whore! But, yeah. What is this about washing feet?? Hmm. Oh, and are we making signs for the sheep?? 'Cause maybe we should do that tomorrow (today), if we are. Just sayin'.
Today in English, we had to write poems about our heroes! And I wrote about Carrie, ;) Keep in mind that the poem had to be written in 120 seconds, hehe....so you will notice grammatical errors, and...crappy sentence structure. But it's the thought that counts! And it's written in the shape of a circle. But, here it is:
Carrie is our hero. She's a smart woman. She teaches us about having faith even when times are dark. She's the best person I know at listening. Her husband is funny, his name is Bob. She gives us soda and cookies a lot. We will miss her when we go to college on every Sunday night. TEH END.
This is a little off subject, BUT! We are having a cute little cannible get-together at my house to watch another glourious Hannible movie Red Dragon. March 26,2004, FRIDAY at 7. Food and drink will be provided. Please advise what kind of Pizza I should get.
I would also like to say thanks to Carrie and Bob, you guys are amazing and do so much for us! You're right Ryan, I often don't know how to thank them either. You are both amazing! I would not be the person I am today with you in my life.
The movie hit me pretty deeply as well. I can't even really describe how I'm feeling, but I'm sure you can all relate. It was such a powerful thing to experience, though I have to say it was one of the most difficult things I've ever watched in my life. But yet in my mind it kind of re-illuminated the whole experience that Jesus went through to me, and really gave me a greater understanding of all that he went through for us, and why. I don't think I ever fully comprehended the magnitude of Christ's pain, or just how much he loved us. I probably still can't - that kind of love is beyond my perception. But it inspires me to try to love others like that, no matter what they've done. To forgive them with all my heart, and love them with all I have, and carry my cross out into the world. I wanted to run into the movie and help Jesus, even though I knew I couldn't... but looking back, in some ways we can. As we make our journey through life, we can all hold onto the cross, and hold onto each other.
I also loved how the movie connected the Eucharist ("this is my body, it shall be given up for you") and the sacrifice Jesus made. I will never recieve Communion with the same perspective ever again. It kind of made it more real for me, to see the blood dripping from our Lord's body as his words rang through my head... it shall be given up for you. He did that for all of us, for every one of our sins and faults and weaknesses... wow.
I want to try to be the best person I can be, and to live for God and truly live my faith all the days of my life! Thank you for putting up with my ramblings. God is greater than we'll ever know!! Yay for life. :-) So now it's time to go forth and try to give all that I can back to Him. (Hums Go Light Your World....) "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." Peace be with you all! I love you so much
I just want to thank the Arnolds for the food yesterday. However, I must warn you both that the next time you offer to buy my food, I will never go out to eat with you again. I appreciate the gesture, but I DON't WANT YOU PAYING FOR MY FOOD. I enjoy your company and that's all I want! Oh well, I had Sarah stick a ten in your pocket. SO HA HA!
Back to serious: Carrie, thanks for being our little Jesus mentor/prophet/seed/mother/alpha whore to us. You do so much and I often have no idea how to thank you.
That movie definitly made an impact on me. To the extent that I changed my blogs name from Human Termination to Human Renovation. I thought that name better suited the blog. I'm not writing anymore because I just wrote stuff in the Marge blog and my own and my hands are tired (and i have to go to work)
Aww, I hope you're feeling okay, Ashley. I have a cold! But I'm not exactly sick. But anyway, I just thought I'd say that you might notice I took the bowling date off of the sidebar, because (Carrie, correct me if I'm wrong!) we are not bowling after next Thursday's half-day - I lied! So just so you know. Also, I was trying to think of how we're going to eat dinner tomorrow. Because The Passion doesn't seem like a popcorn-friendly movie, but it starts at quarter to five, and if we're talking about it after, we might be hungry. Maybe we could get some frozen pizzas or something, I don't know. But anyway, I love you, Jesus friends! (I almost wrote 'whores', but it didn't look right next to 'Jesus'......)
