A Year of Posts

Hey everyone!!

    I can’t believe how fast this year has gone!  My brain has already been fried by the pre-studying prep for the actual late-night studying for finals that will take place next week.  I have decided to post some excerpts from some of the past posts so that you can skim through and see a loose overview of the posts throughout the year, and if one sticks out to you and you want to read more, check it out!  It’s a great way to take a break from studying and reflect on the year!

“We have been so conformed by our society, which holds up productivity and usefulness as ideals to which we should aspire, that we women have taken on the male tendency of defining ourselves by our productivity.”  - Megan, “Truth: We are Not Defined By What We Do” October 2011

“Every time I wash dishes, sweep the floor, or hug my aching friend, I am saying, “This is my body which is given up for you” (Luke 22:19)”.  - Margaret, “This is My Body”, October 2011

 “If each individual moment is willed by God, then each individual person we encounter presents great possibility, because in that moment Christ asks us to love Him and be present to Him.” -FUS Women’s Ministry, “Loving the Hidden Christ in Our Visible Neighbor”, October 2011

“We are all called to be spiritual mothers, whether we have children or not.” - Holly, “Spiritual Motherhood”, October 2011

“I think it is important for each of us to go before God and present our self portraits to Him and see if it is an accurate depiction of our reflection of Christ.” - Jenny, “Self Portraits”, October 2011

“Just as a beautiful landscape or a night sky or walking through a field invites us to the presence of God, the beauty of our femininity invites others into an encounter with the Divine Beauty.” - Sr. Elizabeth TOR, “Beauty”, October 2011

“I’ve been getting the feeling that the Lord is trying to challenge me to turn my bad attitude around and to realize that what He has placed before me right now, the life of a student, is His will for me at the moment.” -Megan, “The Life of a Student: Much More Than Papers, Projects, and Finals”, December 2011

“A stinky, smelly, dirty stable littered with animal refuse and old straw?  Poor Joseph.  Bethlehem was his cross.” - Sr. Elizabeth TOR, “Emmanuel”, December 2011

“Our hearts were not made to linger in the Land of What-Ifs”. -Jenny, “New Year Resolution: Let Them Go” December 2011

“Loving these victims is not condoning the evils of abortions, it is actually doing the exact opposite.” -Jenny, “The Right to Love”, January 2012

“We are to feel every emotion, but that does not mean that every emotion will be expressed or gratified.” -Margaret, “Oh Those Emotions!”, February 2012

“The Virgin Mary, in all her splendor and beauty always orients us towards her son. Even in her being she reflects Christ.” -Holly, “Mary Most Beautiful”, February 2012

“Oh Rapunzel.  How many of us can identify with her in this situation- going back and forth in our heads and getting ourselves all tangled up in our thoughts and emotions?” - Sr. Elizabeth TOR, “Untangled By Truth”, February 2012

“Judith does not try to be a man in order to save her people; she saved them by being a woman, by charming Holofernes with her sweetness and beauty.” -Margaret, “Judith and Feminine Courage”, February 2012

“Not taking action when it is necessary is not prudence at all!” - Holly, “Lenten Virtue Challenge: Prudence”, February 2012

“We need temperance to practice fortitude.  The practice of temperance should ultimately endow us with a clear vision in which we see all things the way God sees them, even ourselves.” - Marta, “The Virtue of the Week: Fortitude”, March 2012

“Do you enjoy seeing your friends?  Show the world!  When you see them approaching, throw back your head and roar to the heavens your joy at being on the same earth as them.” - Jenny, “Just About Justice”, March 2012

“Then I realized- God isn’t going to ask of me anything, that He doesn’t already know I can handle.” - Margaret, “When No Means Yes”, March 2012

“This is the kind of heart we should be praying for- one that has the potential to experience great sorrow precisely because it has been filled with great Love first.” - Jenny, “A Heart Like Mary”, April 2012

“I think birthdays are a great chance to reflect on the past year of one's life and to think about things to look forward to in the coming year and ways to grow more and more into the person God created you to be, kind of like a personal New Year.” - Megan, “Celebrate Being Alive”, April 2012


So there you go!  I hope you have a wonderful rest of semester and a relaxing finals week (ok, as relaxed as possible)!
Your Sister in Christ,
Jenny