See the Lilies of the Field

Prayer is wonderful, it is the simplest of acts, but it can be the most difficult to accomplish.  I tend to agree with St. Therese when she says, For me prayer is a surge of the heart, it is a simple look towards Heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy. And with Matthew Kelly, when he says, Prayer is like a great love. When you start dating the silence can be awkward, but as you grow to know each other you can sit in silence for hours and just being with each other is a great comfort. Prayer, at first can seem very daunting but, it can lead to the most wonderful things. I have been praying about what I'm going to do after high school, what I should major in at college, what I should do after college.  The Lord, when He answers my prayers, seems to do so through the words and actions of others.  I went to visit my elementary/middle school the other day with some friends.  It is a good Catholic school that I went to from 1st to 8th

*Just some thoughts I had while waiting for sleep to come, that I wanted to write down/share before I forgot them :)* So I've been pondering, quite recently, Mary and Joesph's lives and vocations. I was first thinking about how Mary lived the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, but was also a wife and mother.  She was given the ability to live out two vocations simultaneously. When I first thought about this I said, "Lucky! Wish I could do that." But upon further contemplation, I asked, "Why? Why was she able to live out both of those vocations?" And the Holy Spirit didn't hesitate to provide me with an answer.  She did this to act as a model and witness, especially to women.  I thought about how Christ went through every human experience, so both men and women can turn to Christ when faced with questions of their lives and vocations. I thought that men especially can also turn to St. Joseph, who was also, like Mary, able to live out the voc

He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. -Martin Luther King, Jr.   As much as we hate to admit it, we are not immortal. Several events over these past few days have reiterated that fact. And there is no telling when, or how, or where, or why we will die. All we know, is that we will. Some day. What I have noticed over these past few years, is that some of us (myself included) can become lukewarm, and passive in our Faith. And this is a danger to our immortal souls. We say things like, "I was too busy to go to Mass" "I'm too tired to pray tonight" "I have too much homework to do, I can't go to Church" "I'll pray tomorrow" "I'll go to Confession next week" Christians, Catholics, are not called to put off what can be done today. We are not called to hide from our respo

Ohhh the dreaded comments section.   I cannot read any  sort of religious article anymore without there being one or more people saying things like, "Christianity was created by the apostle Paul"  "Jesus was a zombie"  "What god are we talking about one, or all of them?"  The list goes on... How it saddens me to see this.  How it saddens me to see people locked in a fruitless comment debate, a stalemate, destined to leave all participants in a sour mood.  It saddens me even more when I ponder upon what the Lord thinks of this.  He waits for us, pines for us, pursues us.  He loves us, and we turn away.  Time and time again we turn away.  Every time we sin or turn our backs or deny Him, we are slapping Him in the face.  Him, who has done nothing but Love us, nothing but look after us, nothing but want the best for us. My Father, how it must pain You, to see your children this way! How it must cause Your Heart to break! I feel wretched when I think of thi

Hello all,    Well, as you might have noticed, my blog is no longer called Becoming the Potter's Vessel.  I have been wanting to change the name for awhile now, but haven't been able to come up with anything to call it.  I wanted something with a similar message, as before, trust in God. I prayed about it, and read scripture, and as I read Psalms, a verse, reminded me of this advice Christ gave the disciples: 27 And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? 28 And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, 29 yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. 30 But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? 31 Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear?’ 32 For it is the Gentiles who striv

  Happy New Year Everyone!    So, I'm just going to get right into it tonight.  Thank you to the guys.  Thank you to the guys, to the men, who show me that I don't need to settle, the men who show me chivalry in its truest form, the men who desire holiness above all else, to the men that respect me, and women everywhere.    I've been struggling over the past few weeks, especially these past few days.  I feel as if I am continually going from one extreme to another.  Church and school.  I do other activities clubs, etc... but looking at a very broad perspective, looking at what influences my life the most- these are the two that leave the biggest mark.  Church and school.  And boy, there is such a stark contrast between the two.    At school today, I heard guys talking about how proud they were that they got a girl to sleep with them because she's only slept with two or three guys before.  I heard some whose conversations are full of profanity and crude remarks... sh