God Had A Dream

God had a dream that if he became human he could bring us all back to him.  On this night, God became flesh, because grace needs flesh and flesh needs grace. What a wonderful night, where God showed that he loves us so much that he would do anything for us. God lowered himself so much that he became human, and even the lowliest of humans. Imagine God, our savior and king, as a baby. If we fail to realize that we are a loved and blessed people, then we are missing everything. It's all about love, and maybe a dream... a dream that is still possible.
Merry Christmas

I Hate This Feeling

It's Christmas, so you would think I would be overjoyed to be home.  I am in all honesty, but one thing keeps coming up in my mind that keeps bringing me down.  Since I am young and therefore stupid in a lot of ways, a current relationship keeps bringing me troubled thoughts. I guess troubled wouldn't be the best word...I really don't know what to call it, but I can't stop thinking about it.

Being away grom home for seven years has not been easy. For a lot of that time I had a significant other which made life more enjoyable. If there is one thing I learned from that relationship it is that if your futures don't seem to be matching up  maybe you need to rethink the whole situation.

Each time I come home I see more and more how much my family misses me and needs me. I see my future bringing me home, for lots of different reasons. My grandparents have a farm that I would like nothing more then to live on someday and all of this "someday" talk is quickly approaching.

So here is the problem... this person who I have been talking to for a while and building a relationship with has no desire to leave her home and her family. They do not neee her like my family needs me and her family can travel a lot more easily then mine can. I feel like I am making it a competition of whose family is more important.

Since we are both justified by our desires to be with our families do we just call it quits right now to save the heartache or keep pushing on?

I wish I had some answers... this is not what I wanted to be worrying about on Christmas.

Merry Christmas and glory to the newborn king!

American Christians

The single greatest cause of atheism in the world today is Christians, who acknowledge Jesus with their lips, then walk out the door, and deny Him by their lifestyle. That is what an unbelieving world simply finds unbelievable.

This is the quote that started off a video I watched about four college guys from Texas that traveled around Europe talking about what it truly means to truly be Christian.  None of them were Catholic as far as I could tell.  One went to college at Georgetown, which doesn't mean anything as far as Catholicism is concerned anymore.  They talked about topics that go through my head every day... mostly things concerning the above quote... how to follow Christ.
At the end of the day, American Christianity, with the multitude of churches and the simple fact that if you don't agree with one pastor you can just find another, leaves most Americans that call themselves Christian lacking a whole lot.
I am proud to be Catholic, with faith rooted in Scripture and Tradition that was passed down from Jesus Christ, through his disciples and now through our Bishops and priests.  Every answer I have sought, the Catholic Church has had an answer.  When will Americans, and Europeans, start asking the right questions?

Peace

Almost Halfway Done and the World is Opening

We're not quite halfway through the school year.  A couple more weeks, then finals, then a long awaited visit home.
I have, for all intensive purposes, gone into this school year planning on it being my last.
Don't get me wrong... I love the students, love the school, like most of the people and find the city livable... but I am ready for something new.  I have become stagnant in many ways.
In trying to bring Christ to my students I have flat-lined.  They know me well enough and have heard enough of my talks that there is little I can say to impress them anymore.  It is almost to the point that I feel like I need to leave for their betterment with the hope that new blood will help spur the fire that I hopefully kept kindled from those that were here before me. 
I have my own desires of what I would like to do after this school year.  Still, I am not set on them and being open to anything I believe is the best way to go into my future.
With my consecration to Jesus through Mary a few short days away, I am hopeful that Mary may give me some guidance on how I can start to become the best friend and follower of her son.
And wouldn't you know it, I found a theme song for my upcoming big day of consecration.

Peace all