Restless...

>> Tuesday, July 15, 2008

loooooooong day yesterday, and very beautiful too :)

we got an early start as the three of us gathered to start our day with morning prayer on the cold steps that lead to the playground of St. Ursula's. (my college didn't have a playground...) It was still dark and the fresh morning air was biting. the sun rose quickly after we finished prayer (it rises and sets pretty fast over here) and then we were off.

we headed to Darling Harbour to check out the vocations.com cafe and all the venders. I met some sweet Carmelite sisters :) and i got a cool CD for seanzy ;) we met some priests and seminarians (of course) and they asked us to write about a priest who has inspired us, they also gave us a free dvd... we got lots of free stuff actually...
we listened to a few speakers and watched a few people perform there music. it was much bigger than the vocations cafe in germany! it was in a huge conventions center, so we weren't crowded at all. there was confession and adoration as well, just like in germany...
But in that giant convention center, we ran into our beatiful sister cece! it's always a pleasure running into her (so if you haven't ran into her, even if you don't know her, you should! haha, no really).

the host interviewed a priest, Fr. Paul Corotti i think. he talked about his conversion and his decision to become a priest. he said, "if you really want to be happy, you must follow Christ... i never want to go back to that nothingness." he used to be somewhat of a jock and lived and very selfish life, but he said that once he found his calling he knew he had to make a decision cuz you cna't keep your options open.
later on, at the mass, bishop pell also mentioned that 'you can't keep your options open.. commitment leads to fulfilment.

i can't go into more detail, we gotta leave the computer room now :( hours are over

gtg, time for Catechesis. hope it's good!

...but i still haven't found what i'm i'm looking for...

"The body is restless until it rests in God." -St. Augustine

1 comments:

Lisa E. July 16, 2008 at 12:39 AM  

:( i want a playground at USF!