Psalm 42:3a

So I haven't read any scripture yet, but I decided to write on the Psalm from the day I'm reading. As I am still very far behind, I am on Monday of the 4th week of Easter, or April 26th to be more exact. So what is the Psalm for that day? Why it's Psalm 42:3a "Athirst is my soul for the living God." What does that mean to me? Well for starters yesterday I had the chance to go to confession at St. Peter's in Steubenville. I know that those priests are true gifts from God. They always make you feel welcome to Confession. I mean, come on, I struggle to get myself to go. Then it's the same old same old. I really didn't do anything that bad. But I've waited 2 hours to go to confession there last year. Yesterday I waited a bit over an hour. I wanted-no I longed to hear the words of Jesus as he helps me overcome my own sinfulness. Not to say I don't hear him elsewhere, but here is a place where I fell in love with the Sacrament of Penance. My soul was thirsty for freedom and I found that in the priest I confessed my sins to. I love the fact that these men act In Persona Christi because I get to have a conversation with Jesus and he is physically talking back to me. One piece of advice Jesus told me yesterday was that we often make mistakes, but the fact that we recognize them and bring them before God is a step in the right direction. It's good to hear this being back in "The Bubble" because I no longer have the bubble effect keeping me in check. Now it's me and only myself keeping me in check. Now I just need to learn how to recognize my mistakes more often and want to correct them for the good of myself in order to build up the body of Christ.

Prom

So today I did updo's to two of my cousins hair for prom. First Megan then Kassandra. I also worked for Aunty Juliette doing inventory for their new business "WOW Back To The Country Store" which everything we did was 'strictly confidential'. Well I don't know how counting and boxing can be that but whatever. I was grateful for the extra money to drive to school next week. Anna H. told me that "See how God provides?" So I'm very thankful for that.
Well still being far behind in my scripture, today I read from the Tuesday of the 3rd week of Easter. I still can't believe Easter was 3 weeks ago. I thought Lent flew, Easter is going a crap ton faster. What stuck out to me was from the Gospel. John 6:30-35. In it Jesus does His "Amen, Amen I say to you." When Jesus says that, He means business. Today He said that we can not live on bread alone, but He is the bread of life, who comes to Him will live forever. It makes me very happy that tomorrow is Sunday and I get to receive Him in the Eucharist. Yay for nourishment!!!

Blogging Again

Once upon a time I used to blog. Sometimes it'd be quite frequently. Then not so much. So why start again? To improve my prayer life. You see, I am a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville. And anyone who is an Alumnus like myself knows of the "bubble" effect. Well I've since left the bubble and know what it is to live my Catholic faith outside of it permanently. I want to be a good Catholic and the basic building to that is a strong foundation rooted in prayer. It's like Haslow's hierarchy of needs. The basic building blocks are those things in which a human being needs to survive. These are the physiological blocks such as air, water, food, shelter. This is also true for a Catholic. Air is like the Holy Spirit. Water is those which you are reborn into, those life-giving waters in which Christ said to the woman at the well "the water from this well will make you thirst again, but the water I will give you will quench your thirst forever. Food is the sustenance of the Eucharist. Shelter is that prayer which grounds you and keeps you safe.
In the fall of 2009 I was fortunate to participate in the FUS study abroad program in Gaming, Austria. My favorite part was that Jesus, present in the Eucharist was available 24/7 and it was a 5 minute walk from my room. I fell in love with visiting him every night and I found myself having to make myself leave otherwise I just wanted to sit with Him a while longer. I have since lost that privilege of living with our Lord. So my prayer life went down the toilet. During Lent I re-vamped it. I read the daily scripture, I read a meditation from the Passion of Mark everyday and re-consecrated myself to our Lady through the preparation of St. Louis Marie Grignon de Montfort. Well now it's the Easter season and I have been sucking at this. I have for my daily prayers besides my conversation with God the daily scriptures and a meditation from the Gospel of Luke on the Resurrection narrative. I am now 5 days behind. So my goal for this blog is to write about this scripture. To reflect on it. I really hope it helps.