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| MetanoiaBlog updated 9/20/07
Metanoia- Change of Heart
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| www.LukeoVerhere.com. New Blog. Thought I'd start fresh. | | |
| NomenCultureActually a quite interesting day today (technically yesterday, but i really don't think 20 minutes makes that much of a difference. I digress.) I woke up ended up going to Pauline's book store and found a book i was looking for that breaks down the catechism into more understandable 3 page chapters. From there, I brough my sister to the rag shop, where she went ape-poop over the 90% clearance prices on buttons (I have no idea why). After dropping her off, that's where the really interesting part starts. Well I'm driving down Route 1 South to get to 287 North. All of a sudden rains starts pouring down harder than a waterfall. Seriously! At one point i felt like i was in a carwash, except there wasn't any signs telling me they're putting mega super duper clearcoat on my car. All you could see were cars getting into accidents and there was no way that i was going to get onto 287 in that mess. So i chose to push through. It kept raining harder and harder, & then all of a sudden it stopped, not quite shiny yet though, because the road that layed ahead of me looked more like a river. Very much like Oregon trail, I had to "ford" through (no caulking the wagon to float across option, sheesh). Well from there all my oxen died & I nearly died of dysentery. ::Snaps out of it:: But really, I was pumping my brakes to dry them off so much, kinda rediculous. On top of that there were so many accidents/ lights out all over route 1. Then traffic just stopped moving, okay not exactly stopped, but not exactly moving either...so I called Jho to just warn her about the roads. She ended up keeping me company on the phone while I sat in traffic. From there, we got into a whole conversation about what you would name your kids if you had kids. and From there came Jhoanna's idea of naming my macbook. I was sitting in the car doing nothing, so I thought why not. For the most part I think we ran though all the girl names that started with an M ( for mac...duh!) I was leaning more towards May & then all of a sudden Jho says the name Mikayla/Makayla & I was like! YESSS! That's it. She even commemorated it for me too : Jhoanna Tamayo: makayla...mikayla friday august 17th, 2007 4:38pm.
Also one minute later I named my guitar May.... friday august 17th, 2007 4:39
Definitely the highlight of my day. =) | | |
| 1HopeI cannot even begin to describe how amazing humbling this conference was. It was most definitely on a different level. No spiritual high, no over-hyping of conference, just God and God giving us one big reality check. To be able to really grasp the community's shortcomings was nothing less of God's will. Will I say this path is easy? Not at all. Can I say that with this message people won't fall at all? Probably not. But what I will say is at least that spark is there to change people's lives. The message was said, and people listened. The fact that as brothers & sisters we're that much more accountable responsible for each other changes a lot. There's really no reason to hide anything at this point. Regardless of what we've done in the past, we've been made anew through God. All we have left now is to Hope in the Lord.
Some highlights of talks/homilies at conference:
Fri Mass— Fr. Celsius ~ God has a track record. We are not the future we are the present. To say we are the future is to say we are not important now, but to say we are important later.
Fri Talk 1: New Jerusalem— Lost notes on this talk, if anybody has them can you send them to me?
Sat Talk 2: Brotherhood— Bros: Accountability, our crosses/burdens (esp. lust), must keep each other in check/ check up on each other constantly.
Sat Talk 3: Pathway of Hope—
- Remember
- Wait in Silence (Posture of prayer, endurance, hope)
Tim 1:4:12
- Greatest Lessons: God is all I need
- Don't mope, just hope
- Restoration - calling on God to remember.
- When man & God remember they belong together
- To see God's Glory we must go through trials
- Our life is living a _____ life (need input on what needs to go there)
- Having hope is having a mission (living every day with a purpose)
- Tools: 7 pillars, covenant, all to glorify God
Sunday Mass - Fr. Celsius—
- H - Heaven Philippians 3:20
- O - Organization (Roman Catholic Church)
- 3 People: Benedict (pope), bishop, priest
- authority, sacraments, the word
- P - Peace
- E - Evangelization
- Seek to share your story
- Storyteller
- Cannot serve God with a divided heart
Talk 4: Pathway to Hope
- Guarantees
- Devil will always attack
- False hope
- Don't ever doubt that God is capable of moving mountains.
- Your covenant: 7 pillars + covenant card
- Action: Living the 7 pillars
If i'm missing anything, don't hesitate to add on. | | |
| Complicity to SimplicityWhy is it I am easily mesmerized by the glow of the portal to information sitting right in front of me? Why do I sit here in silence, alone, in a poorly lit room, with three couches, a piano, a guitar, etc, when I could do anything for entertainment. Maybe it is because I like the silence. Maybe a little bit, but it feels a bit creepy. That feeling of loneliness is really something. There's times when I feel like I need it the most, and there's times that I feel I can't stand being alone. The human mind soul is really quite interesting. The fact that you have countless emotions and countless ways to express them really leaves you dazed and confused. It makes you wonder. It makes you wonder why we react to a situation we've been in so many different ways. It takes you back.
Okay, enough of that tangent. As much as silence and emptiness is there, that silence can easily be broken, and that emptiness can be made so that it is filled to the point of bursting.Quite funny how I felt sorta negative about that emptiness. I just turned on iTunes, and started playing some music. There you have it, the instantly changing world of the human emotion. How such a simple thing can change everything.
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