It has been a while!
It has been quite a while since I last posted on here, mainly because school has literally taken over my life! I am taking a full load plus doing research for psychology and it just has kept me very busy. However, I have completed my three midterms (which all happened to be today) and so finally the stress is off for a bit and I have a little time to post and tell you what has been going on in my life.
I have met with Holy Cross several more times, once to visit Old College and once for Corby Night. Old College is essentially a pre-seminary program for undergraduate students at Notre Dame. One of my options is to join Old College for my senior year and then decide if I want to go on to the seminary or not. I am still tossing this idea around in my mind, some days it sounds better than on other days, but it is definately an option. I am also tempted to wait on this decision until I graduate from Notre Dame, but then I may be tempted to go straight into psychology graduate school.
Fr. Monnig, SJ also replied to my last post and offered his help with questions I may be facing and I certainly appreciate that. Right now I am open to all of the orders or diocesan priesthood (where I started looking) just because I am not sure where God wants me or if God wants me to be a priest. I have been blessed to have 5 years of Jesuit education and I do greatly respect the Jesuits but I just haven't felt the connection I feel with Holy Cross with them (but then again I may not have given them a chance). I definately will give the Jesuits a look and see what they have to offer, especially since Holy Cross is dropping the ball a bit.
I really like Holy Cross and if they pushed the issue I think that Old College would be a slam dunk but instead I have been pulling teeth with them (I think because of the person in charge of vocations, though I love him as a person). It took several emails and phone calls before I ever got vocations to get in touch with me for a meeting and since then there have been several occasions where they have told me they would get in touch and frankly haven't. I know they are busy, I am busy, but still... While Holy Cross has felt right I am not ignoring the fact that they have had problems getting back to me because it could be a sign and God works in mysterious ways. I just am tired of chasing them and it makes it harder to desire to be a part of their community when they don't return phone calls!
So, now that we got that over with, where am I now? I had a stage for a few days where I fell back into my old habits but have since repented and am once again on the right path, thank God. I have been going to daily Mass all school year and it really has been a blessing to me. It is funny, at the beginning I essentially had to force myself to go to daily Mass and now I really can't stay away. This whole week I had midterms and I was busy beyond belief, but I couldn't stay away from Mass. I told myself that I had too much work to go, but yet I decide 5 minutes before that I am going. I am constantly reminded of what Mother Teresa said in that she goes to Eucharistic Adoration for an hour a day and when she doesn't have time to she goes for two. I kind of feel the same way; I know that I have time and God will help me get what I need to do done so I go.
The other benefit is that there are some amazing people that go to daily Mass that I truly feel blessed to get to know. We almost are our own little family; those who go to daily Mass, and I think that is cool. It is always good to have good Catholic friends, I don't have enough of them.
It is funny, I am in a way not looking forward to going home for Fall Break because I know that I will probably not get to go to daily Mass. That is truly how much I look forward to it, it has just become part of my routine and I love it. However, I am going home without my car so I will be stranded, but I will somehow work everything out. I just will miss the Chapel and the Masses; ahh, it is so great being at Notre Dame. I have a chapel and three priests in my dorm; what a blessing!
One last tangent; how cool would it be to have God act through you at the Consecration as the priest has happen? How cool is it to bring our Savior to those who truly need it and being that person in between them and God? The blessing of being able to bring the sacraments to God's people really appeals to me because it is such a blessing. In addition, you get to become such a central part of so many different families and you mean so much to so many people, ahh, I love the thought. There are hardships, there are trials, and there is a lot you have to give up, but being a priest must be such a blessing! I just pray that soon I will truly know my vocation and follow it and if it is to be the priesthood that God helps me pick the proper order and give me the strength that I need to follow Him. Ahh, what a gift that vocation would be.
I have met with Holy Cross several more times, once to visit Old College and once for Corby Night. Old College is essentially a pre-seminary program for undergraduate students at Notre Dame. One of my options is to join Old College for my senior year and then decide if I want to go on to the seminary or not. I am still tossing this idea around in my mind, some days it sounds better than on other days, but it is definately an option. I am also tempted to wait on this decision until I graduate from Notre Dame, but then I may be tempted to go straight into psychology graduate school.
Fr. Monnig, SJ also replied to my last post and offered his help with questions I may be facing and I certainly appreciate that. Right now I am open to all of the orders or diocesan priesthood (where I started looking) just because I am not sure where God wants me or if God wants me to be a priest. I have been blessed to have 5 years of Jesuit education and I do greatly respect the Jesuits but I just haven't felt the connection I feel with Holy Cross with them (but then again I may not have given them a chance). I definately will give the Jesuits a look and see what they have to offer, especially since Holy Cross is dropping the ball a bit.
I really like Holy Cross and if they pushed the issue I think that Old College would be a slam dunk but instead I have been pulling teeth with them (I think because of the person in charge of vocations, though I love him as a person). It took several emails and phone calls before I ever got vocations to get in touch with me for a meeting and since then there have been several occasions where they have told me they would get in touch and frankly haven't. I know they are busy, I am busy, but still... While Holy Cross has felt right I am not ignoring the fact that they have had problems getting back to me because it could be a sign and God works in mysterious ways. I just am tired of chasing them and it makes it harder to desire to be a part of their community when they don't return phone calls!
So, now that we got that over with, where am I now? I had a stage for a few days where I fell back into my old habits but have since repented and am once again on the right path, thank God. I have been going to daily Mass all school year and it really has been a blessing to me. It is funny, at the beginning I essentially had to force myself to go to daily Mass and now I really can't stay away. This whole week I had midterms and I was busy beyond belief, but I couldn't stay away from Mass. I told myself that I had too much work to go, but yet I decide 5 minutes before that I am going. I am constantly reminded of what Mother Teresa said in that she goes to Eucharistic Adoration for an hour a day and when she doesn't have time to she goes for two. I kind of feel the same way; I know that I have time and God will help me get what I need to do done so I go.
The other benefit is that there are some amazing people that go to daily Mass that I truly feel blessed to get to know. We almost are our own little family; those who go to daily Mass, and I think that is cool. It is always good to have good Catholic friends, I don't have enough of them.
It is funny, I am in a way not looking forward to going home for Fall Break because I know that I will probably not get to go to daily Mass. That is truly how much I look forward to it, it has just become part of my routine and I love it. However, I am going home without my car so I will be stranded, but I will somehow work everything out. I just will miss the Chapel and the Masses; ahh, it is so great being at Notre Dame. I have a chapel and three priests in my dorm; what a blessing!
One last tangent; how cool would it be to have God act through you at the Consecration as the priest has happen? How cool is it to bring our Savior to those who truly need it and being that person in between them and God? The blessing of being able to bring the sacraments to God's people really appeals to me because it is such a blessing. In addition, you get to become such a central part of so many different families and you mean so much to so many people, ahh, I love the thought. There are hardships, there are trials, and there is a lot you have to give up, but being a priest must be such a blessing! I just pray that soon I will truly know my vocation and follow it and if it is to be the priesthood that God helps me pick the proper order and give me the strength that I need to follow Him. Ahh, what a gift that vocation would be.
posted by Mike | 10:47 PM
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I know exactly what you mean about daily mass--once I started going, my day was unimaginable without it! FYI, I've decided to enter the seminary next year for a great order (called the Institute of the Incarnate Word)--if you ever want to compare notes, or if you have any questions you think I might be able to help with, please shoot me an e-mail at danielvitz at yahoo...
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