emptyforgod

Life is ridiculous sometimes and overwhelming. At times I just feel like laughing and crying all at once.n Hmm...

Oh, BTW... If any of you, my friends, are unsatisfied with the amount of time or things I have invested into my relationships w/you, please let me know. (THere is an underlying cause for this message, but it is not so important right now.)

Say a prayer, I have a 7 page paper due tomorrow that is not anywhere near being done.

Hey Guys! Please say a prayer for me. I am really struggling. I guess that is what happens when people make snap judgements.

I feel like a monster, a total an complete monster.

Today was, well, difficult. I had my head measured and probed this morning. (EEG). My counselor has a very unique perspective and outlook on his approach and such that he uses with me. I have not totally figured it all out yet. I left so frustrated today that I am not sure if I ever want to go back and talk to him again. Class was good. It was my relief for the day. Oh, and Father Don blessed the house and all (Knape). That was pretty awesome.

My first to classes were not as bad as I thought. Crazy! I am trying to figure out how I will be able to stay up tonight (only sleep 5 hrs) without caffiene. Ugh!!!! Oh well, Drs order.

I heard that Knape Hall got an extreme makeover this summer. (New Stove included). I will have to stop by to visit some time and check it out after school starts.

Life is CRAZY!!! Or perhaps I am just the one who is crazy?

I found out the importance of being pure and holy for the good of God and the community. I found out what a positive influence that I can have on others by doing what God desires of me. I have had many discussiond with a friend of mine about purity. I alson have been working on finishing up a class and working to find a job. Ugh!!!!!! I have been finding really amazing people to hang out with, too.

Would anyone in the GR area like to get together and do something fun? VOLLEYBALL? Go out to a movie? Dinner? Just get together and chat? Let me know.

I experienced a moment of pure love the other day. It was one of the most beautiful experiences of my life.

I have a very interesting summer job. I am "working my way up in the system" pretty quick. I am a "volunteer" at Hope Network. I have gotten to know a great number of people and have learned so much. The job is supposed to be a "work trial" in the human services stuff ad only last for a month. My supervisor is totally impressed with my knowledge, experience, passion, and philosophy of my work and has hinted about trying to "keep me on longer" a couple of times. I am learning so much about myself in the process of bringing a bit of joy to people's lives. I have never had such a heart-wrenching yet rewarding job. My supervisor asked me to write up a speech/proposal like thing to try to change the infostructure of the department. It is pretty amazing! And to think, I only started out as a "volunteer" a week and a half or so ago.

There is nothing that makes a Sunday morning more interesting than going to church. It is even more interesting when you realize that you are in the wrong one. Somehow, this past Sunday I spent about 10 minutes praying the Office at church and even asked someone where the Blessed Sacrament was (the person even responded to my question). I realized, though, that it was a Lutheran Church and somehow I had mistaken it for the Catholic church that was down the road. Silly me! It made for an interesting morning. THank goodness for good old hymns because the Catholic church was still singing the opening hymn when I got there.

Introducing....
Store Wars
http://www.teachersfirst.com/getsource.cfm?id=5960

Things are changing. Everything seems like it will be different. I can't depend on anything to remain the same. My world seems crazy.

I am a bit disappointed. I got my grade for my first quad class and it is a B-. I would be okay with a plain old B, but a B-? I worked my butt off in that class!

I am praying for a snow day for tomorrow.

Eeeeek!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Writing papers is not one of my favorite pastimes. I have a six-page paper due tomorrow and I currently have a half of a page. Please pray for me that I will be able to bs this well.

Sometimes... I feel rather incompetent. Right now would be a fine example of that. I have been sitting in the library for over an hour trying to figure out how to do an assignment. I think that I am going to break down in tears soon. This is so frustrating.

"How is it possible," an educated Mohammedan asked a missionary bishop, "that the bread and wine should become the Flesh and Blood of Christ?"

The bishop answered, "You were small when you were born. You grew big because your body changed the food you took into flesh and blood. If a man's body is able to transform bread and wine into flesh and blood, then God can do it far more easily."

The Mohammedan then asked: "How is it possible for Jesus to be wholly and entirely present in a little host?"

The bishop answered: "Look at the landscape before you and consider how much smaller your eye is in comparison to it. Now within your little eye is an image of this vast countryside. Can God not do in reality, in His Person, what is done in us by way of likeness or image?"

Then the Mohammedan asked, "How is it possible for the same Body to be present at the same time in all your churches and in all the consecrated Hosts?"

The bishop said, "Nothing is impossible with God--and this answer ought to be enough. But nature also answers this question. Let us take a mirror, throw it down on the floor and break it into pieces. Every piece can carry the same image that the whole mirror formerly reproduced. Likewise, the self-same Jesus reproduces Himself, not as a mere likeness, but as a reality, in every consecrated Host. He is truly present in each one of them."

Jesus, Our Eucharistic Love
Fr. Stephen Manelli, O.F.M., S.T.D

It is one of those days... life is grand, but not grand enough to have everything fall into place like I thought it should. I know that nothing ever works out the way that one wants it to, but so many unexpected things happened today that I feel that life is not always worth it. Or perhaps, the energy I put into things is not always worth it. I don't know. I really don't know...

I was sitting in my writing group having a very in depth discussion. This guy broke the mood when he said, "You know Elisabeth when I see you frown I think... it takes 23 muscles to frown but it only takes 3 to stick up a middle finger.

Guess What!!!! I am super excited because I can see!!! This is a big huge deal. It is so awesome. I got a new lense in my glasses and my eyes don't see double when I read most of the time now (everything was double before). Yayness.