Today is a beautiful day in New Orleans. I spent the morning at the eye doctor where I learned my astigmatism has slightly increased, but other than that all is well! I'm glad I made an early appointment because it was so nice driving through the city with the music up and windows down! I really enjoyed it. The area of Gentilly (the Dillard subdivision) where my doctor's office is is very nice. I'm not too familiar it, but it was very clean with lots of trees, wide streets, and it was quiet. My eye doctor is so friendly, and he was in no rush. He was on time to my appointment, and spent a whole 45 minutes with me! He evaluated my eyes to the sharpest vision possible then we chatted while he entered the data into their seemingly new computer system. It's probably why his appointments are so spread out... it took me 3 months to get!
I went to Adoration after, which is always nice. I really look forward to it each week, though when I first made the commitment, I was nervous about breaking away from my daily routine to go and sit still for an hour with Jesus. It's actually quite easy to do. I spend the first 10 minutes quietly praying, then I read the day's mass readings slowly, line by line. I got down in a little notebook any interesting thoughts. Then, I have a meditation that I read from my Laudate Android app. I read that slowly, then jot down any thoughts. I end by spending the last 10-15 minutes in quiet adoration prayer, also which I find on my Laudate app. The one hour really flies by! I really like my 11am-12pm time slot, because the church bells right right at 12, so it is an easy signal that it's time for me to leave without me having to glance at the clock. After doing this a few times now, I have built up quite a collection of notes, and I read through some of them today. I am noticing trends and common themes in the things I write about, and that gives me a boost knowing that I'm living my life according to the truth I find in Catholic teachings. The same truth appears in different ways each week, and I love that constancy. I always wonder if people think that I'm piddling around texting on my cell phone while I'm supposed to be adoring Jesus. But, I hope people realize that Bible, meditation, and prayer apps are easy ways of accessing spiritual texts that are excellent supplements during prayer time. Nobody's bothered me about it yet.
The rest of my afternoon has been devoted to career planning and school work. Besides a normal flow of reading, analyzing, and writing essays, I'm considering a certification in special education. I'm in the beginning phases of consideration, but am feeling a strong pull towards it. I'll write more about that later. We shall see what the next few days have in store for me!
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Thursday, April 19, 2012
Monday, March 5, 2012
Father Maletta's Homily
I have been listening to Gus Lloyd (Catholic Channel, Sirius XM) this morning who has played the audio for this video below:
I am furious about all of this nonsense going on in our government right now. Like Father Maletta says in the video, aren't there more important things in this world for our country to focus on? I'm scared of what will happen if this HHS Mandate passes as is. It sets a precedent for so many other ways for the government to control what we do, what we believe, and how we spend our money.
I am furious about all of this nonsense going on in our government right now. Like Father Maletta says in the video, aren't there more important things in this world for our country to focus on? I'm scared of what will happen if this HHS Mandate passes as is. It sets a precedent for so many other ways for the government to control what we do, what we believe, and how we spend our money.
Thursday, February 23, 2012
Lent & Learning
Welcome to Lent! This year, I'm not really "giving up" a thing. I'm consciously trying to eat and drink in moderation. So far, it's been good. Except, I had an extra serving of macaroni and cheese tonight, which I feel guilty about! I'm also hoping to try to use my time better. So, instead of spending several minutes a day reading facebook, I'm trying to use that time to play with my nephew, read something that will educate me or will at least be more creative food-for-thought, and pray in different ways.
Last night, I decided to peruse my Android app Laudate (formerly known as Catholic One), and I stumbled across a daily reading link to meditation podcasts from pray-as-you-go.org. It was beautiful! "Miserere" was playing in the background of the spoken meditation. It is one of the most gorgeous songs I've ever heard -- it sounds like Heaven!
On a different note, today I read a very long chapter on Cognitive Development in children. One section that stood out for me was the preoperational stage of development (ages 2-7) because that is where my nephew is about to be. He'll be 2 in 18 days! I was observing him today while we played with this cute little pretend food that you can chop (http://bit.ly/bZGBZt). He's right at the very beginning of learning how to make-believe play. He's still very realistic about everything, and he's especially good at sorting and stacking. One make-believe thing we've started noticing him do is that he buckles objects into his high chair (i.e., he associates that he sits and gets buckled, so other things can be buckled in too). It's fascinating to me to be learning all these things right now and witnessing someone I'm close to go through those developmental stages. I'll be even more keen to see it from the beginning again when my sister has her next baby in August! Alas, I still have none of my own, but I'm happy to just be Nanny for now. :)
Last night, I decided to peruse my Android app Laudate (formerly known as Catholic One), and I stumbled across a daily reading link to meditation podcasts from pray-as-you-go.org. It was beautiful! "Miserere" was playing in the background of the spoken meditation. It is one of the most gorgeous songs I've ever heard -- it sounds like Heaven!
On a different note, today I read a very long chapter on Cognitive Development in children. One section that stood out for me was the preoperational stage of development (ages 2-7) because that is where my nephew is about to be. He'll be 2 in 18 days! I was observing him today while we played with this cute little pretend food that you can chop (http://bit.ly/bZGBZt). He's right at the very beginning of learning how to make-believe play. He's still very realistic about everything, and he's especially good at sorting and stacking. One make-believe thing we've started noticing him do is that he buckles objects into his high chair (i.e., he associates that he sits and gets buckled, so other things can be buckled in too). It's fascinating to me to be learning all these things right now and witnessing someone I'm close to go through those developmental stages. I'll be even more keen to see it from the beginning again when my sister has her next baby in August! Alas, I still have none of my own, but I'm happy to just be Nanny for now. :)
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