Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day everyone! Let's all not forget to greet our mothers and thank them for the great job they have done with us. I was thinking about all the pain and aggravation that I have put my mother through and it took a lot of courage and strength of character to rise above my childish behavior many times and lay the rules down. I am very proud to have my mother with me and I was glad to celebrate with her a day of honor - fortunate for her that her birthday was on May 6th, so she gets double the fun in a short amount of time period. Anyways Happy Mother's Day!

Communion

This morning I was able to watch as young Catholics took part in the Sacrament of Reconciliation. This is arguably the most important sacrament because we literally consume the body and blood of Jesus Christ our Savior. Not only are we allowed to touch and see Him but literally have the ability to have Him become part of us. I feel like we don't remember how important it is and subconsciously in the back of our mind think of the Eucharist as a piece of bread. It is mind blowing when I realized the impact this can have on the way we celebrate our masses and go about our daily lives. Brothers and Sisters please don't forget this important piece of our faith.

Peace,
Bladomeister

The Needy

In the following video link, a needy person tells his daily struggles in life and the things he goes through to simply survive. My thoughts on this are that we as the middle class of society(most probable) have it very lucky. Not only are we gifted with education, opportunities, friends, and family but we have the gift of a home, running water, and food. This video helped me realize that there is so much more to life than I and many of my current colleagues know. God bless this man and I hope that when I am on my own and successful, I may make contributions to people like this and help the community.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AusCA28efa0&feature=youtu.be

Justin Martyr letter to Roman Emperor

It is to my understanding in the letter to the Roman Emperor, that the purpose was to clarify the practices and teachings of Christianity and how we go about practicing. In a sense, he educated him on Christianity without disrespecting the Romans. He clearly explained the process in which God permits us to "eat of His flesh and blood" along with the ones who are worthy to take part in this feast. Because of the term eating of flesh and drinking of blood, the Romans mistook the information as cannibalism, therefore persecuting and insulting them. Despite Justin's efforts in convincing the emperor to do otherwise, he continued to persecute Christians.

Story

In this story, the man talks about many morals in his life. The most important one that stuck out to me the most is the one when a professor tells his students no. The students become frustrated with the professor and tell him that he refuses to simply listen to their ideas. He then boldly claims that because he simply rejects their ideas, doesn't mean he doesn't listen, love, and support them.

I thought this was a wonderful lesson because we as Christians forget that God always hears our prayers, however the answer to our prayers isn't always what we expect or desire. The ultimate goal in our minds should be simply to love God and respect his decision, whatever it may be.
The story can be found herehttp://blog.archny.org/index.php/all-are-welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-132281

Depression

In school for the past few days we have had a depression forum, information, and cookout meetings. I really am glad that we had this because it seemed that about a year ago I was actually depressed and have minute symptoms till this very day. When I heard from professionals on depression and physcology about depression I wasn't to surprised. What really helped me during the time that I was depressed was prayer and faith. I had "faith", somewhat, and hope that I would make it out of that miserable time period. Thank God because I really had a rough time. I came out of it and am glad to be. I think that in my future occupation, I would like to help depressed kids during their time of need and help them, even if there not Catholic or Christian, to have "faith". Hopefully they can make that connection with God even despite their lack of faith.

Peace,
Bladomeister

Vocation of Service

Like Holy Orders, Marriage/Matrimony is a service to God. Husbands and wives support each other continually in matters of faith or just everyday problems. Each helping each other to grow in the oneness of God's Church.  This is why marriage preparation is also important because it helps them discern their call to marriage and the Sacrament.

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