Friday, April 08, 2005
This whole picture thing has got to be one of the most thrilling tasks I have ever accomplished. I am not computer-literate by any means, and generally the way I operate them is by stumbling upon the correct answer (persistence is key!). I am just trying to figure out ways to make my blog a little more visually stimulating (us visual learners are easily bored when our eyes are not entertained!).
I will try to figure out how to do other things to make it more exciting.
Yay.
On another note- it is the weekend! Hurrah! I woke up this morning at 2am (after two hours of sleep) to watch the funeral of the Holy Father. Afterwards, I was super tired. Like, I'm a college student, so I know tired. I'm familiar with tired. But this was an "it-pains-me-to-be-conscious" tired. So, after Philosophy class I decided to hit the hay. Yes, that means I missed my Language Acquisitioin and Reading Development for Young Children class, but I think I can live with that.
I will have to miss it again next Friday as I will have had surgery (darn!). Heh, by the way, I don't like that class. Anyway, the papal funeral was beautiful. It was a very bittersweet experience to watch it. I was with a few of the folks I was in Rome with this past December/January, so we were reliving our experience in a very surreal way. Then we got to thinking about how we just had seen the Holy Father, and now he's gone. My emotions are very mixed: I am very saddened by the fact that I will never see him again in this life; will never again hear his words, read his words, see him on the TV, see him in person, just think about him and know he's physically present to us. However, I think it is terribly beautiful that he is in heaven with the Father, in the arms of our Mother (whom he loved so dearly!!), with all those he loved throughout his life, rejoicing with the saints and angels and praying for all of us in a way which transcends anything he could have accomplished on earth. How blessed our Church is to have him watching out for us from heaven.
As far as all the cardinal talk goes - I am looking forward to seeing where the Holy Spirit takes us. I believe that the Holy Spirit knows what He is doing, and I am excited to see what the will of God has in store for the next pope!! Veni Sancte Spiritus!
Well, my hand is starting to go numb (can't wait to get this fixed)...so I won't write much more.
Pax et veritas.
I heart Hallmark movies.
I will try to figure out how to do other things to make it more exciting.
Yay.
On another note- it is the weekend! Hurrah! I woke up this morning at 2am (after two hours of sleep) to watch the funeral of the Holy Father. Afterwards, I was super tired. Like, I'm a college student, so I know tired. I'm familiar with tired. But this was an "it-pains-me-to-be-conscious" tired. So, after Philosophy class I decided to hit the hay. Yes, that means I missed my Language Acquisitioin and Reading Development for Young Children class, but I think I can live with that.
I will have to miss it again next Friday as I will have had surgery (darn!). Heh, by the way, I don't like that class. Anyway, the papal funeral was beautiful. It was a very bittersweet experience to watch it. I was with a few of the folks I was in Rome with this past December/January, so we were reliving our experience in a very surreal way. Then we got to thinking about how we just had seen the Holy Father, and now he's gone. My emotions are very mixed: I am very saddened by the fact that I will never see him again in this life; will never again hear his words, read his words, see him on the TV, see him in person, just think about him and know he's physically present to us. However, I think it is terribly beautiful that he is in heaven with the Father, in the arms of our Mother (whom he loved so dearly!!), with all those he loved throughout his life, rejoicing with the saints and angels and praying for all of us in a way which transcends anything he could have accomplished on earth. How blessed our Church is to have him watching out for us from heaven.
As far as all the cardinal talk goes - I am looking forward to seeing where the Holy Spirit takes us. I believe that the Holy Spirit knows what He is doing, and I am excited to see what the will of God has in store for the next pope!! Veni Sancte Spiritus!
Well, my hand is starting to go numb (can't wait to get this fixed)...so I won't write much more.
Pax et veritas.
I heart Hallmark movies.
