New Things

Last night, or I suppose this morning too, was a whole compilation of new experiences.

I went to the Rosary Vigil here hosted through the Columbia Catholic Ministry, and I met so many awesome people. They're really a close-knit community, and I'm blessed to have a church community around like that.

Aside from this, I sang in a church choir for the first time (I sang bass! wow...it was a divine experience), did a reading for the first time, prayed (with the others) all 20 decades of the rosary, helped celebrate a midnight Mass, and spoke French in both reciting the rosary and with others outside of a classroom context. God really does work in mysterious ways.

I guess it just got me thinking about myself, my life, where my center is, how I've changed so far at Columbia, and where my life is taking me.

I think it's been all part of the broader picture: who am I, who do I want to be, and what am I doing to get there? Where do I fit into the world?

"For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many."--Mark 10:45

Prayer is a powerful tool, as they say. But it requires sacrifice.