Pre-primary ponderings

Somehow I stumbled across Mark Shea's blog, "Catholic and Enjoying It," and among the many interesting/entertaining posts, I found two gems relating to this year's Presidential race. Unfortunately, I can't link to the individual posts, but look almost halfway down the page for a post titled "Israel and Judah." Also, a bit further up on the page he posted a priceless Foxtrot comic. Enjoy.

And one more thing...vote responsibly tomorrow!! :)

Deep stuff (Lenten style)

I want this Lent to be different from years past. This year, I really want to dig deep and look past the superficiality that I always seem to succumb to. Lent means so much more than not eating sweets for a month, or whatever. It is a beautiful period of time that the Church gives us to contemplate the very core of Christianity, so succinctly summed up (and oft-repeated) in John 3:16-that the Creator of everything that exists not only deigned to create us so lovingly and surround us with beautiful things, but He also had pity and compassion toward us in our peril and misery, and this One sent His Son to live among us and free us from the clutches of darkness and death. How mind-blowing is that? Sadly, it seems that it doesn't take too long for me to forget it. But that's what makes the Church's liturgical seasons even more valuable; they serve to bring our minds & hearts back to the Mysteries and Truths that define our Faith and (hopefully) our lives. For Lent, this means a renewed pondering/meditation on the Mystery of Suffering and the Cross...and its triumph. I pray that this Lent I'll be able to dig deeper into these Mysteries and draw closer to Him who so loves me.

Prayers and Essays and Sleep, oh my!

"Dear Jesus, help me to spread Your fragrance everywhere that I go..."
-"Fragrance Prayer" (song by Tom Booth, lyrics by Ven. John Henry Newman & adapted by Mother Teresa)

I was looking through my song library on Windows Media Player and I wanted to listen to this song, but it wouldn't work...so I, quite naturally, Googled it. ^^ On http://www.spiritandsong.com you can listen to the whole song for free and read the lyrics, too! :)

Anyhoo...late last night I had the unpleasant surprise of realizing that my English essay is due on Monday (for peer editing). So, this weekend will be spent writing! But since I have my thesis written, I'm not too worried about it. It's a cause & effect essay & I chose an easy topic that I care about-what more could I ask for? My hope/plan is to write the rough draft tomorrow and touch it up on Sunday (technically the final draft isn't due for another week, so I don't mind if it's not *perfect* for Monday-just almost perfect.)

And now I'm off to catch up on some much-needed sleep!

God bless,
Angela