today is halloween and i was approached by a person who asked me why i was so excited for halloween. i had no idea what they were talking about. but apparently it's a 'common known fact' that Catholics don't celebrate halloween? i'm here to expel that thought. Catholics love halloween. if i'm correct, All Hallows Eve was begun by Catholics. it's a celebration of all the wonderful saints the world has known. so some Catholics do tone it down by only dressing as saints, which i think is great and creative, but there is no anti-halloween teaching in the catholic church.
so i say HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!!!!! go get lots of candy!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Drugs
i have a friend named Matthew and he and i have been friends for six or so years and we've always been close. able to talk about everything. but he's uncomfortable with me talking about religion, he says it smothers him, and i respect that. i don't bring it up unless he does first and then we have ineresting, wonderful conversation. but after last week when his mom attempted suicide he's been doing drugs just about every night. and he feels the need to text me about it every time he does. it literally feels like he's rubbing it in my face. and i care about this man, he's my friend and i love him and he's treating me like crap by rubbing in my face that he's a stoner. so i confronted him about it and his response (after about 15 minutes of talking) was:
"look, i support you being a Catholic. why can't you support me being a stoner?"
needless to say i responded by chucking my phone across the room and bursting into tears. and the reason for this reaction is because he's my friend and i care about him. i love him. and it hurts me to know that he's trying to hurt me. especially by comparing my Catholicism to his Stonerism. he knew that would strike a chord and that hurts me just as much as what he actually said. it makes me feel like i'm not worth the effort of at least trying. i used to matter to him.
the moral of the story is: please actually care about your friends, because some of us bleed for you.
"look, i support you being a Catholic. why can't you support me being a stoner?"
needless to say i responded by chucking my phone across the room and bursting into tears. and the reason for this reaction is because he's my friend and i care about him. i love him. and it hurts me to know that he's trying to hurt me. especially by comparing my Catholicism to his Stonerism. he knew that would strike a chord and that hurts me just as much as what he actually said. it makes me feel like i'm not worth the effort of at least trying. i used to matter to him.
the moral of the story is: please actually care about your friends, because some of us bleed for you.
Helping Hands
i live quite a ways from campus and have no car so i walk home. well it's past dark and i had to walk home, like i do every night, but this time i didn't have one of my big man-friends to guard me on the way like they usually do. i was walking through the bad side of town on my way to my crappy but adorable apartment and a small, white truck pulls up next to me. i try not to look, terrified i'm going to be raped and murdered and i hear;
"what the hell are you doing?"
i look up to see a good friend of mine from high school whom i haven't seen in a few months.
i laughed and said "i'm walking home."
"where do you live?"
"insert my adress here."
"hell no, get in the car. you're not walking that far."
so i got in the car and he drove me home like a true gentleman. i'm telling this story because i feel like my friend who drove me whom, his name is Kendall, i feel like he's a dying breed. and that seriously depresses me. more people should take a page from this young man's book. he's always been respectful, funny, chivalrous, kind, thoughtful and loving. and that's what every human being, every man, should be. but sadly, most people these days are selfish, gluttonous, immature, jerks. as demonstrated by the pick up line served to me today:
a tall man walked up to me today, put his arm around me and said,"i have a king size bed and it feels real empty without your naked body in it."
no surprise, i laughed, told him 'nice try' and left.
why can't more men be like Kendall?
"what the hell are you doing?"
i look up to see a good friend of mine from high school whom i haven't seen in a few months.
i laughed and said "i'm walking home."
"where do you live?"
"insert my adress here."
"hell no, get in the car. you're not walking that far."
so i got in the car and he drove me home like a true gentleman. i'm telling this story because i feel like my friend who drove me whom, his name is Kendall, i feel like he's a dying breed. and that seriously depresses me. more people should take a page from this young man's book. he's always been respectful, funny, chivalrous, kind, thoughtful and loving. and that's what every human being, every man, should be. but sadly, most people these days are selfish, gluttonous, immature, jerks. as demonstrated by the pick up line served to me today:
a tall man walked up to me today, put his arm around me and said,"i have a king size bed and it feels real empty without your naked body in it."
no surprise, i laughed, told him 'nice try' and left.
why can't more men be like Kendall?
Monday, October 24, 2011
'offer it up'
i really dislike the phrase 'offer it up'. not the words, or the ideal behind it, simply the phrase. i grew up learning that phrase. i do offer it up. i love to offer it up. but when i tell people about my problems and their reply is 'offer it up' something inside of me twitches.
sometimes i like to be consoled, to have someone offer to give me a hug or hit somebody in the face. and while i don't advocate hitting others, i do advocate offering to do so.
like my friend Lea demonstrated the other night. i told her about how a long time ago, a man attempted to rape me and her first reaction was to say;
"where is he? whats his name, adress and phone number?"
"nothing....."
"where is he?!?!?!?! i need to cut off his man parts!!!!!"
yeah, scary. but it made me laugh, which is what i needed.
sometimes i like to be consoled, to have someone offer to give me a hug or hit somebody in the face. and while i don't advocate hitting others, i do advocate offering to do so.
like my friend Lea demonstrated the other night. i told her about how a long time ago, a man attempted to rape me and her first reaction was to say;
"where is he? whats his name, adress and phone number?"
"nothing....."
"where is he?!?!?!?! i need to cut off his man parts!!!!!"
yeah, scary. but it made me laugh, which is what i needed.
Sunday, October 23, 2011
Sunday Mornings
for me sunday mornings entail waking up early, walking to mass while praying a rosary and then attending mass, followed by walking home and enjoying the morning air and eating a late breakfast. i love this sunday routine. it gives me time to be alone. and i need every moment of alone time that i can get. after doing homework all day and dealing with the drama of having irresponsible friends, i need some time to just sit and breathe and be quiet, whether i pray or not i enjoy this small amount of quiet i get. i think that silence can be just as relaxing as anything else. the simplicity of it is a nice pause from the crazyness of most people's daily lives. so my advice to you is: take some time to be alone, in a quiet, peaceful place.
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Family Life
I have one of those stereotypical Catholic families, 7 kids and 2 happily married parents. you never hear about families like that anymore. why is that?
don't you agree that it's a little sad that the world doesn't respect marriage like it used to? marriage used to be this wonderful, sought after, looked up to, respected things, and now it's just another level in a relationship. why are people of this generation and the one before so afraid of committment? it's this go-go-go society we live in. with cell phones and computers and tv's we're taught to learn what we can with what we have at all times all the time. and i think that that's a great thing, but it shouldn't be something to hinder our ability to act with one another. young people are losing their ability to talk to one another unless it's through a text screen or over a facebook chat. they're slowly losing their ability to smile without a smileyface or saying 'lol' afterwards. respect for our peers and elders? out the window. i'm ashamed of my generation to be quite honest. adults are beginning to expect this lack of social skills among the young people of today and that is when we know we've done wrong. when they give up and give in to the high demands of the younger. when i was a kid and my grandpa would watch us for our parents date nights he would spank me for saying no to him. and while i don't condone beating children in any form, i do support spankings, not with belts or rings, but a swift swat on the behind is what made me respect my elders and that's all i needed. spankings slowly went away with my family, as brother after little brother came along the spankings went away and each of my brothers is more roudy and unruly than the last. after polling friends and strangers about whether or not they received spankings as children, i found that the numbers overwhelmingly supported disciplining your children, while over and under disciplining had extrememly negative effects on a child.
but that's not what i'm here to talk about. i'm here to talk about the family, and while spankings are relevant, they aren't my main focus. my main focus is to talk about openness to life. as in, unprotected sex. this is something many teenagers LOVE to talk about. condoms is one of the most spoken words around college and even high school ages youth. i'm 18 years old and i can tell you that people my age are too young for sex. yes i said it, teens are too young for sex. people think that they're old enough for sex, but let's review the reasons sex is in the world for the first part. animals have sex for reproductions purposes, humans are the only animals who try to get in the way of that. and why is that? because humans are selfish animals. they would rather tease their hormones and bodies to have a few hours of 'fun' instead of save it for the one person they marry. and then they get pregnant and freak out because they didn't think this could happen.
don't you agree that it's a little sad that the world doesn't respect marriage like it used to? marriage used to be this wonderful, sought after, looked up to, respected things, and now it's just another level in a relationship. why are people of this generation and the one before so afraid of committment? it's this go-go-go society we live in. with cell phones and computers and tv's we're taught to learn what we can with what we have at all times all the time. and i think that that's a great thing, but it shouldn't be something to hinder our ability to act with one another. young people are losing their ability to talk to one another unless it's through a text screen or over a facebook chat. they're slowly losing their ability to smile without a smileyface or saying 'lol' afterwards. respect for our peers and elders? out the window. i'm ashamed of my generation to be quite honest. adults are beginning to expect this lack of social skills among the young people of today and that is when we know we've done wrong. when they give up and give in to the high demands of the younger. when i was a kid and my grandpa would watch us for our parents date nights he would spank me for saying no to him. and while i don't condone beating children in any form, i do support spankings, not with belts or rings, but a swift swat on the behind is what made me respect my elders and that's all i needed. spankings slowly went away with my family, as brother after little brother came along the spankings went away and each of my brothers is more roudy and unruly than the last. after polling friends and strangers about whether or not they received spankings as children, i found that the numbers overwhelmingly supported disciplining your children, while over and under disciplining had extrememly negative effects on a child.
but that's not what i'm here to talk about. i'm here to talk about the family, and while spankings are relevant, they aren't my main focus. my main focus is to talk about openness to life. as in, unprotected sex. this is something many teenagers LOVE to talk about. condoms is one of the most spoken words around college and even high school ages youth. i'm 18 years old and i can tell you that people my age are too young for sex. yes i said it, teens are too young for sex. people think that they're old enough for sex, but let's review the reasons sex is in the world for the first part. animals have sex for reproductions purposes, humans are the only animals who try to get in the way of that. and why is that? because humans are selfish animals. they would rather tease their hormones and bodies to have a few hours of 'fun' instead of save it for the one person they marry. and then they get pregnant and freak out because they didn't think this could happen.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Introducing Father Max
i have a good friend, he's a young priest and his name is Father Maxamillian Kolby Biltz, i'll be doing a lot of quoting and he'll probably be most of it because he's one of the most well read men i know. maxgaelicfreak@yahoo.com is his email. please be respectful and polite, not just to me, but to Max and to everyone else who's opinions i post. and yes, i will also post non-Catholic views. this site is for comparisons, not for prejudice.
College
College is one of those places where most people kind of discover who they are, i was lucky to find that person before i got to college. but now that i'm here, i'm finding it really hard to be myself. i am continually attacked and put down because i'm Catholic and i say that's just not fair. i don't make fun of you for being black, or lesbian, or gay, or crazy, or anything else. i'm a person, i just happen to worship a different god than you, or worship him in a different way than you. does that give you license to hurt me? no it doesn't. if i can be accepting of others, so can you.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
A General Overview of Myths and Misconceptions
this is my self-researched list of most popular/hilarious things that google, and other fine sources, say non-Catholics believe about Catholics. i plan on addressing each of them in their just turn. but this is just a list. enjoy :)
1. anti-women and misogynistic.
2. preists are perverts and/or pedophiles
3. celibacy causes scandal.
4. catholics don't think for themselves.
5. homophobic, encourage discrimination.
6. don't allow abortions and contraception so that there are more people in the world to control.
7. anti-sex
8. support immigration because Bishops wants immigrants money in their diocese.
9. catholicism and science are not compatible.
10. catholics are stuck in the past.
11. catholic worship statues.
12. catholics worship saint.
13 catholics are cannibals
14. catholics are not christians.
15. catholics don't read the bible.
16. catholics are not allowed to have fun.
17. catholics have 3 gods.
18. catholicism and science don't mix.
19. nuns beat people. \
1. anti-women and misogynistic.
2. preists are perverts and/or pedophiles
3. celibacy causes scandal.
4. catholics don't think for themselves.
5. homophobic, encourage discrimination.
6. don't allow abortions and contraception so that there are more people in the world to control.
7. anti-sex
8. support immigration because Bishops wants immigrants money in their diocese.
9. catholicism and science are not compatible.
10. catholics are stuck in the past.
11. catholic worship statues.
12. catholics worship saint.
13 catholics are cannibals
14. catholics are not christians.
15. catholics don't read the bible.
16. catholics are not allowed to have fun.
17. catholics have 3 gods.
18. catholicism and science don't mix.
19. nuns beat people. \
Daily Mass
Daily mass is something that i definately wish i could attend more often. i honestly feel like i need God that often. i miss him when i don't see him. people think i'm crazy for feeling that strongly toward him, but the truth is, i love him, and when you love someone you want to spend every moment of every day with them. that's how i feel about God. when i'm not at mass or praying, i feel like i'm alone, even though i know he's there. so i try to pray as often as i can. there are people who are blessed with the feeling of his presence constantly and i envy those people. for me, faith is something i need to work at, i'm not lucky like others. but that's okay with me. he trudged up the mount for me, i can trudge through life for him. but for those of you who aren't starving, overworked college kids, you should take advantage of that. of daily mass. for those of us who simply don't have the time, and for those out there who don't have the longing. i simply can't understand how anyone makes it through life without God. and the cold hard fact is, most people don't. they die of drug overdoses, drunk driving accidents, things like that, because they're running away from the truth for convenience, so they don't feel bad, but the truth is, they end up feeling back anyway. that's why there is suicide, that's why there is abortion, that's why there is rape, that's why there are drugs and alcohol. these things come to fruition from ignorance of God's Love and gifts. this is my understanding of it.
Monday, October 17, 2011
This Blog
i have begun this blog because of my Composition 1 teacher. she has been offending me and this is where i'd like to address the issues between Catholics and the rest of the world. anyway, so if you're interested in learning about Catholicism, tune in every once and a while. feel free to email me any questions you'd like me to address.
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