I just had the most scathingly brilliant idea, and I just had to blog about it!
My sister and I were wondering what things that are cold and spicy must taste like and she brought up the wasabi "ice cream" that Mater eats in Cars 2. Of course, I got a mental image of Mater licking up the wasabi, going crazy, and proceeding to make a scene. I remembered with pride how Lightning McQueen had invited Mater to the party, even though he was a rusty old tow truck. I remembered with horror how McQueen proceeded to shun him after he made a scene.
But the way Lightning treated him was not what caught my memory. It was the way the other cars treated him. The entire scene was obviously made to mimic one of those high class, who's who parties. The entire time Mater was there, the other cars looked at him with disgust. Even though half of that disgust was probably at his childish antics, I think even if Mater had perfect manners and no rust, he still would have been looked down upon.
Why? Because he's a tow truck. He's a working class car. He's part of the proletariat simply by the way he was born...made...come into being...whatever happens in Cars world. Even if he had a spiffy paint job and a hoity toity French accent, he would at best be able to pass himself off as a maintenance worker at that party.
As all of this passed through my mind, I thought back to my Bioethics class and our discussions on eugenics and selective genetic engineering. In case you don't know, I am referring to parents engineering embryos for a wide variety of characteristics and implanting a few in the woman's womb, hoping one will take, and aborting any extras that are conceived. Genetic engineering leads to the abortion of great numbers of embryos, which is really the most horrifying aspect of it. Another terrifying consequence, however, is that genetic engineering would almost certainly divide us into "genetic" classes.
My Bioethics teacher likes to talk often about the threat of the world splitting into "genetic" classes. If genetic engineering were made available on the market, it would be very expensive to begin with. Who would be able to genetically engineer their kids? The rich, the powerful, the elite. These people would theoretically start having really-really-ridiculously-goood-looooking, physically resilient, whiz kids. How would poor people compete? One would expect they couldn't. Eventually the world would be split into those who are enhanced and those who aren't. Would those who aren't engineered eventually be considered subhuman? Possibly. Who knows?
My point is, the poorer people and quite possibly middle class people may eventually end up like Mater, seen as workers but nothing more. They will be seen as ugly and stupid. They won't have a chance right from the start. The "naturals" would look just as ridiculous as Mater did at that party.
So that's my two cents. Hope you like it.
Saturday, March 10, 2012
Thursday, February 23, 2012
As Promised: KCCSC
Well, I think I've had about enough time to digest what happened at KCCSC, so I guess it's about time I wrote about it. I've actually already written extensively about it in a letter to my brother (who is a monk, for those of you who don't know). That turned out being 11 pages long. Let's hope I can be more concise here.
KCCSC was a blessing and a blast! It turned out better than I expected in a quirky way. You see, I registered with a college I don't go to because I thought that nobody from my college was going. Well, a few weeks before KCCSC, I found out that there actually were some people going. Oops. At first I felt horrible and thought it would be super awkward, but after I got used to being called traitor by people from both groups, it was great. It just meant I had extra friends to hang out with.
Anyway, I went up Friday night in a little Honda full of hyper girls listening to Taylor Swift. We got there kinda late, just in time to hear the first keynote, which was given by Dr. Ted Sri. It was about JPII's Love and Responsibility. He talked on the different aspects of true love and the way that JPII meant for us to see it. EPICNESS! I keep meaning to get his book Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love.
After his talk had an hour of adoration, which was of course awesome. And then I went out with some people from my college for one of the guys' 21st birthday. For being a college town, it was awfully hard to find someplace that wasn't a bar. I mean, come on, it was only 11 o'clock. And then when I got back to the hotel I stayed up late talking.
On Saturday, I got to hear Dr. Sri again giving a talk on the new translation of the Mass. Then I heard Andrew Swafford, who is a professor at Benedictine College, give a 45 minute talk about salvation history. Man, that guy has charisma. Imagine a big football kind of guy getting all fired up about types covenants. That's what this was. And then we had Mass with a homily by Fr. Bernie Gorges, which was of course also epic. (Are you sensing the pattern here? Yep, it's epicness).
After lunch, which consisted of awesome friends and delicious turkey sandwiches (no, I was not eating my friends, they were just there), I went to a vocations panel for a bit. After that I went and saw Sarah Swafford talk on Emotional Chastity. Now, I think it incumbent upon me to relay to you how excited I was to hear Sarah give this talk in person. I have heard other people give talks based on hers before and I am a huge fan of the concept of Emotional Virtue. Let's just say I may or may not have been in seventh heaven while listening to that talk. If you are not familiar with Sarah or Emotional Virtue, you MUST visit her website www.emotionalvirtue.com, right now. Go. Forget reading this post. Really. Her website will do you a world more good.
Then I went to a gathering with my diocese, which was presided over by the eternally legit Fr. Jarrod Lies in the absence of our bishop. He talked about the bishop's vision for the young people of our diocese. That kind of flowed into a passionate speech about us being the salt of the earth. Yeah, that guy is awesome. Basically, by the time this talk was done my mind was about to explode from all of the holiness and awesomeness of the day. When I went back to my room, I had been intending to take a nap but instead I ended up talking with one of my roommates who I had just met for the first time the day before. We leisurely did our hair and makeup for the dinner and dance and talked about all sorts of girly things. I had a lovely time.
Then we went down to the banquet. Um, that afternoon I had made the mistake of drinking Pibb Xtra on an empty stomach. The girl I sat next to during the banquet had just chugged a Monster for the first time in her life. All things said and done, basically nobody at our table heard much of the keynote. Me and the girl next to me kinda giggled through the whole thing. The food was delicious though.
We had about a half hour before the dance started, so I went to the adoration chapel. I needed time to digest everything that I had heard and experienced that day. And then the dance started. I kinda had mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it was really crazy how many friends I had at KCCSC and kinda mingling around with all of them was awesome. I also swing danced with some random guy, which is always entertaining. On the other hand, I was really tired and some of the songs they played were obscure, so I had a hard time getting into it.
Afterwards, the group from my school followed tradition and went to IHOP. Of course, like 10 minutes after we got there a big group from the college I came with showed up, but I didn't care because I was well on my way to having chocolate chip pancakes.
On the way home, all I know is that I was far too tired to talk, much less talk in an accent like everybody else was. About all I had energy to do was giggle at everybody else's antics. Despite the fact that I was exhausted, when I got back to my room I still managed to stay up until 1:30 talking.
Sunday morning, I went to breakfast early because I couldn't sleep. Our first talk was by a Benedictine monk and I think it was about vocations but I honestly can't remember. At Mass, the homily was given by a bishop from a different diocese. He gave an excellent homily, but I don't remember what it was about either. After Mass the conference was over and we left. Halfway home we stopped at this pizza buffet. Apparently everybody was really hyper from sleep deprivation, because a bunch of guys were putting on (sometimes multiple) pairs of sunglasses from the girls. Pictures of them=priceless. Then I got home and crashed. The end.
So, that's about as short of a summary of KCCSC as I can muster. Just reading back through it, I feel like I did not adequately convey the amazing things I experienced. I think what made it so awesome was that I not only spent a lot of time praying and hearing awesome talks, but also hanging out with friends from two different groups that I frequently hang out with. Talk about the best of both worlds!
So, KCCSC may have ended almost 2 weeks ago, but I am still feeling the effects. I guess you could say I'm still on a God-high. And also, as a result of lots of prayer and talking to friends that weekend, I have applied for Totus Tuus and I have an interview on Saturday. So pray for me!
KCCSC was a blessing and a blast! It turned out better than I expected in a quirky way. You see, I registered with a college I don't go to because I thought that nobody from my college was going. Well, a few weeks before KCCSC, I found out that there actually were some people going. Oops. At first I felt horrible and thought it would be super awkward, but after I got used to being called traitor by people from both groups, it was great. It just meant I had extra friends to hang out with.
Anyway, I went up Friday night in a little Honda full of hyper girls listening to Taylor Swift. We got there kinda late, just in time to hear the first keynote, which was given by Dr. Ted Sri. It was about JPII's Love and Responsibility. He talked on the different aspects of true love and the way that JPII meant for us to see it. EPICNESS! I keep meaning to get his book Men, Women, and the Mystery of Love.
After his talk had an hour of adoration, which was of course awesome. And then I went out with some people from my college for one of the guys' 21st birthday. For being a college town, it was awfully hard to find someplace that wasn't a bar. I mean, come on, it was only 11 o'clock. And then when I got back to the hotel I stayed up late talking.
On Saturday, I got to hear Dr. Sri again giving a talk on the new translation of the Mass. Then I heard Andrew Swafford, who is a professor at Benedictine College, give a 45 minute talk about salvation history. Man, that guy has charisma. Imagine a big football kind of guy getting all fired up about types covenants. That's what this was. And then we had Mass with a homily by Fr. Bernie Gorges, which was of course also epic. (Are you sensing the pattern here? Yep, it's epicness).
After lunch, which consisted of awesome friends and delicious turkey sandwiches (no, I was not eating my friends, they were just there), I went to a vocations panel for a bit. After that I went and saw Sarah Swafford talk on Emotional Chastity. Now, I think it incumbent upon me to relay to you how excited I was to hear Sarah give this talk in person. I have heard other people give talks based on hers before and I am a huge fan of the concept of Emotional Virtue. Let's just say I may or may not have been in seventh heaven while listening to that talk. If you are not familiar with Sarah or Emotional Virtue, you MUST visit her website www.emotionalvirtue.com, right now. Go. Forget reading this post. Really. Her website will do you a world more good.
Then I went to a gathering with my diocese, which was presided over by the eternally legit Fr. Jarrod Lies in the absence of our bishop. He talked about the bishop's vision for the young people of our diocese. That kind of flowed into a passionate speech about us being the salt of the earth. Yeah, that guy is awesome. Basically, by the time this talk was done my mind was about to explode from all of the holiness and awesomeness of the day. When I went back to my room, I had been intending to take a nap but instead I ended up talking with one of my roommates who I had just met for the first time the day before. We leisurely did our hair and makeup for the dinner and dance and talked about all sorts of girly things. I had a lovely time.
Then we went down to the banquet. Um, that afternoon I had made the mistake of drinking Pibb Xtra on an empty stomach. The girl I sat next to during the banquet had just chugged a Monster for the first time in her life. All things said and done, basically nobody at our table heard much of the keynote. Me and the girl next to me kinda giggled through the whole thing. The food was delicious though.
We had about a half hour before the dance started, so I went to the adoration chapel. I needed time to digest everything that I had heard and experienced that day. And then the dance started. I kinda had mixed feelings about it. On the one hand, it was really crazy how many friends I had at KCCSC and kinda mingling around with all of them was awesome. I also swing danced with some random guy, which is always entertaining. On the other hand, I was really tired and some of the songs they played were obscure, so I had a hard time getting into it.
Afterwards, the group from my school followed tradition and went to IHOP. Of course, like 10 minutes after we got there a big group from the college I came with showed up, but I didn't care because I was well on my way to having chocolate chip pancakes.
On the way home, all I know is that I was far too tired to talk, much less talk in an accent like everybody else was. About all I had energy to do was giggle at everybody else's antics. Despite the fact that I was exhausted, when I got back to my room I still managed to stay up until 1:30 talking.
Sunday morning, I went to breakfast early because I couldn't sleep. Our first talk was by a Benedictine monk and I think it was about vocations but I honestly can't remember. At Mass, the homily was given by a bishop from a different diocese. He gave an excellent homily, but I don't remember what it was about either. After Mass the conference was over and we left. Halfway home we stopped at this pizza buffet. Apparently everybody was really hyper from sleep deprivation, because a bunch of guys were putting on (sometimes multiple) pairs of sunglasses from the girls. Pictures of them=priceless. Then I got home and crashed. The end.
So, that's about as short of a summary of KCCSC as I can muster. Just reading back through it, I feel like I did not adequately convey the amazing things I experienced. I think what made it so awesome was that I not only spent a lot of time praying and hearing awesome talks, but also hanging out with friends from two different groups that I frequently hang out with. Talk about the best of both worlds!
So, KCCSC may have ended almost 2 weeks ago, but I am still feeling the effects. I guess you could say I'm still on a God-high. And also, as a result of lots of prayer and talking to friends that weekend, I have applied for Totus Tuus and I have an interview on Saturday. So pray for me!
Thursday, February 9, 2012
It is Alive!!
I finally found a defibrillator that would work for my blog, and it would seem that I have been able to resurrect it, as least for the moment. Well, I hope you have all been whistling as you've waited for me to post again. And wait you have. It has been *counts on fingers* almost 8 months since I have posted. Gaaah, I never meant to let this thing fall by the wayside, but alas it has.
So, what's new with me, you may ask? Well, I would be lying to say not much. I finally declared History and Biology as majors, so I've been taking a lot of those sorts of classes. I love being a history major more and more everyday. I am currently relishing my Medieval Europe class, looking forward to each new chapter. Biology isn't as fun. I spend all of my lab on Tuesday drawing cross-sections of plants :P. Ah well, so goes life.
What else have I been up to? Well, I got taken off the regular schedule at work so I have much more time to do many different things. I went on a service trip to Denver last month which was mucho divertido. And now I have more time to go see Jesus. I even got an adoration hour. Yessssss! It's so much easier to be a good Catholic when you actually spend time with Jesus. I also joined a retreat team with some other students from my college. I feel so honored and blessed to be a part of that and it has been great so far.
"But dearie, what do you do for fun?" you may ask. Well, some of my friends have gotten me into two-stepping and some swing, so I have been going clubbing on weekends! Yep, never thought I'd end up doing that but, well, here I am. I'm trying to do as much fun stuff as I can on campus but sometimes I'm a little out of the loop since I live at home. But, all in all, I have been very active and very entertained lately. I am blessed!
But enough about my life! Let's talk about the fun in the future, shall we? This weekend I'm going to KCCSC, which the state convention for Catholic college students. I'm going with a whole load of friends from assorted colleges and it is going to be a blast! There's even going to be a dance *does a preparatory happy dance*. So, if I can get myself motivated, you all will be hearing about that.
Until then, keep waiting...
So, what's new with me, you may ask? Well, I would be lying to say not much. I finally declared History and Biology as majors, so I've been taking a lot of those sorts of classes. I love being a history major more and more everyday. I am currently relishing my Medieval Europe class, looking forward to each new chapter. Biology isn't as fun. I spend all of my lab on Tuesday drawing cross-sections of plants :P. Ah well, so goes life.
What else have I been up to? Well, I got taken off the regular schedule at work so I have much more time to do many different things. I went on a service trip to Denver last month which was mucho divertido. And now I have more time to go see Jesus. I even got an adoration hour. Yessssss! It's so much easier to be a good Catholic when you actually spend time with Jesus. I also joined a retreat team with some other students from my college. I feel so honored and blessed to be a part of that and it has been great so far.
"But dearie, what do you do for fun?" you may ask. Well, some of my friends have gotten me into two-stepping and some swing, so I have been going clubbing on weekends! Yep, never thought I'd end up doing that but, well, here I am. I'm trying to do as much fun stuff as I can on campus but sometimes I'm a little out of the loop since I live at home. But, all in all, I have been very active and very entertained lately. I am blessed!
But enough about my life! Let's talk about the fun in the future, shall we? This weekend I'm going to KCCSC, which the state convention for Catholic college students. I'm going with a whole load of friends from assorted colleges and it is going to be a blast! There's even going to be a dance *does a preparatory happy dance*. So, if I can get myself motivated, you all will be hearing about that.
Until then, keep waiting...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Radiant Magazine
Today I was privileged to discover an awesome new magazine aimed at Catholic women between the ages of 15 and 27. I was skeptical as to how Catholic it really was until I opened it up and started reading the first article. The first line was, "I was 19 years old and in love, then, suddenly, my marriage material boyfriend, Jim, became an aspiring priest, Brother James." Yep, this is definitely written by Catholic women. While I haven't had that exact experience, I can't help but empathize. Sheesh, guys, quit entering seminary already! Just kidding, I'm very proud of all my friends in seminary.
Anyhoo, this magazine is great, although it seems to have a lot of stuff about looking for your perfect Catholic fairy tale romance. Actually, that's fine with me. In our crazy society, it's good to look at relationships from a solely Catholic point of view every once in a while.
http://be-radiant.com/#
Anyhoo, this magazine is great, although it seems to have a lot of stuff about looking for your perfect Catholic fairy tale romance. Actually, that's fine with me. In our crazy society, it's good to look at relationships from a solely Catholic point of view every once in a while.
http://be-radiant.com/#
Monday, May 16, 2011
And summer is finally here...
...Which means I have time to post again. Time to organize whatever thoughts I want to into whatever order I want to. Time for me to use 'is', 'was', and 'of' in my writing again. Time to procrastinate, even though I don't have a reason to anymore. Time to sleep in, time to read books just because I want to and time to watch movies. Hopefully time to catch up with friends that are coming home. In short, it is time to me to do all the things I have not had time to do throughout the school year.
I have noticed a sad thing or two since finals ended. First of all, I have been feeling very motivated to do things. Of course, motivation would kick in right when I don't need it anymore. I have become more productive than I have been in a long time. Secondly, I have realized that summer is going to be really lonely since I won't be seeing friends everyday and half of them will not even be in the vicinity. *sigh* I will simply have to be creative and find ways to catch up with people returning to Wichita. Oh, how I wish creativity was my forte.
On a positive note, however, I have a new phone with a full qwerty keyboard and unlimited texting that will be activated in the next few days. I am such a modern teenager. I really do love texting, even though I don't do it just for fun very often. I have a feeling I will start doing that with this new phone. We'll see.
My kitty also had kittens recently, so now I have two adorable little 2 week old kittens to play with. God knows how to keep me entertained.
And so it begins...
I have noticed a sad thing or two since finals ended. First of all, I have been feeling very motivated to do things. Of course, motivation would kick in right when I don't need it anymore. I have become more productive than I have been in a long time. Secondly, I have realized that summer is going to be really lonely since I won't be seeing friends everyday and half of them will not even be in the vicinity. *sigh* I will simply have to be creative and find ways to catch up with people returning to Wichita. Oh, how I wish creativity was my forte.
On a positive note, however, I have a new phone with a full qwerty keyboard and unlimited texting that will be activated in the next few days. I am such a modern teenager. I really do love texting, even though I don't do it just for fun very often. I have a feeling I will start doing that with this new phone. We'll see.
My kitty also had kittens recently, so now I have two adorable little 2 week old kittens to play with. God knows how to keep me entertained.
And so it begins...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
What has become of Easter?
Wow, it's been a week since I've posted. I think I have a good excuse, though, since all of my writing energy has, sadly, been sucked into academic writing.
Anyhoo, Happy Easter everybody! He is Risen! ♫Alleluia♫
I had an interesting Holy Week this year. Last year my entire Holy Week was spent working on my toothpick bridge. I had hoped and planned initially to get it done by the Triduum so I could devote time to religious stuff. Soon after I realized that was impossible, so I made my goal to finish it by The Easter Vigil. That didn't happen either. My bridge was finished at 9pm on Easter Monday. I felt horrible the whole time because my mind was constantly brooding over my bridge (which, on Easter Day, was still refusing to stand up) when I should have been celebrating with Jesus. When I went to Mass I kept catching myself turning over bridge-building strategies in my head when I should have been praying. At least on Good Friday I suffered with Jesus.
So I had very much hoped to have a more prayerful Triduum this year. Sadly, my time was again monopolized. First of all, I was not able to go to Holy Thursday Mass because I had to work, which was sad because it is such a beautiful Eucharistic liturgy. Then I spent basically the entire weekend reading homework, writing papers, studying, or working. Luckily, I got to go to Good Friday service and the Easter vigil, and I still got to spent time with my family and watch a couple of movies.
What has our world come to that teachers see the long Easter weekend as simply an opportunity to pound us with homework? Well, actually, the bridge I understand. I had all of Lent to work on it and my teacher even dubbed the bridge "our Lenten sacrifice." Still, I feel guilty about how focused on that bridge I was when I should have given it all to God. And then this year I had a professor that deliberately loaded on the homework. He even sent us an e-mail with some rubrics that said something to the effect of, "Have a safe Easter weekend, make it productive." Is that all that Easter has become in the academic world? A long weekend for projects? What about the poor resident students who went home but didn't have time to spend with their families? For just this one class, I had to read a book, write a report, prepare a group project, write a mid-term essay, and study for a midterm IDs test. And during this week, the Easter octave, there is only one day that I do not have to do something extra-curricular for this class. And all of this was on top of rewrites and other homework I have to do for other classes. Where has the respect for religious holidays gone?
However, thank God, with prayer I was able to pull through and still have some time to enjoy the season. I'm curious, has anyone else had similar experiences? Do you all agree with me or am I taking this overboard? I'd love to hear some opinions.
Anyhoo, Happy Easter everybody! He is Risen! ♫Alleluia♫
I had an interesting Holy Week this year. Last year my entire Holy Week was spent working on my toothpick bridge. I had hoped and planned initially to get it done by the Triduum so I could devote time to religious stuff. Soon after I realized that was impossible, so I made my goal to finish it by The Easter Vigil. That didn't happen either. My bridge was finished at 9pm on Easter Monday. I felt horrible the whole time because my mind was constantly brooding over my bridge (which, on Easter Day, was still refusing to stand up) when I should have been celebrating with Jesus. When I went to Mass I kept catching myself turning over bridge-building strategies in my head when I should have been praying. At least on Good Friday I suffered with Jesus.
So I had very much hoped to have a more prayerful Triduum this year. Sadly, my time was again monopolized. First of all, I was not able to go to Holy Thursday Mass because I had to work, which was sad because it is such a beautiful Eucharistic liturgy. Then I spent basically the entire weekend reading homework, writing papers, studying, or working. Luckily, I got to go to Good Friday service and the Easter vigil, and I still got to spent time with my family and watch a couple of movies.
What has our world come to that teachers see the long Easter weekend as simply an opportunity to pound us with homework? Well, actually, the bridge I understand. I had all of Lent to work on it and my teacher even dubbed the bridge "our Lenten sacrifice." Still, I feel guilty about how focused on that bridge I was when I should have given it all to God. And then this year I had a professor that deliberately loaded on the homework. He even sent us an e-mail with some rubrics that said something to the effect of, "Have a safe Easter weekend, make it productive." Is that all that Easter has become in the academic world? A long weekend for projects? What about the poor resident students who went home but didn't have time to spend with their families? For just this one class, I had to read a book, write a report, prepare a group project, write a mid-term essay, and study for a midterm IDs test. And during this week, the Easter octave, there is only one day that I do not have to do something extra-curricular for this class. And all of this was on top of rewrites and other homework I have to do for other classes. Where has the respect for religious holidays gone?
However, thank God, with prayer I was able to pull through and still have some time to enjoy the season. I'm curious, has anyone else had similar experiences? Do you all agree with me or am I taking this overboard? I'd love to hear some opinions.
Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Thoughts on the Chrism Mass
My whole trip to the Chrism Mass was very on the spur of the moment. Yesterday, Father mentioned that there would not be Mass on campus today because of the Chrism Mass. At the time I thought it would be neat to go but since I had class I put the idea out of my mind.
Well, I got home from work last night and my mom mentioned Chrism Mass. It got me thinking. I realized that I would only have to miss Economics to go and well, lets just say I won't be laying awake tonight in sadness because I missed it. So I e-mailed my teacher, dropped off my homework in her office in the morning, and headed out to the Cathedral.
Since I had class up until 15 minutes before Mass, I arrived just as Mass was starting. I was fully expecting to be standing in the back. However, an usher led some of us people standing in the back up to the front where there was an empty row of seats in front of some priests, so I ended up sitting by the cantor and lectors. So, I arrived late and got a top notch seat. Catholics are so cool.
The Mass itself was awesome. It was packed with representatives from all the different parishes and with priests, there was great music, the blessing of the oils was cool, and it was at the Cathedral, which by itself is always great. As I had never been to one of these before, I never realized what a big deal for priests the Chrism Mass is. They were all there and they renewed their ordination promises.
After it was over, I ran into my cousin who was representing the Newman Center from his college campus and we went over to the "light luncheon." I like the diocese's definition of light luncheon: roast beef, sausage, potatoes, corn, steamed veggies, fruit salad, rolls, cookies. Okay, I guess this technically doesn't have anything to do with the Chrism Mass, but I just had to mention the new definition of "light luncheon" for all my fellow food junkies out there.
All in all, Chrism Mass was an awesome experience and it was definitely worth missing Economics for.
Well, I got home from work last night and my mom mentioned Chrism Mass. It got me thinking. I realized that I would only have to miss Economics to go and well, lets just say I won't be laying awake tonight in sadness because I missed it. So I e-mailed my teacher, dropped off my homework in her office in the morning, and headed out to the Cathedral.
Since I had class up until 15 minutes before Mass, I arrived just as Mass was starting. I was fully expecting to be standing in the back. However, an usher led some of us people standing in the back up to the front where there was an empty row of seats in front of some priests, so I ended up sitting by the cantor and lectors. So, I arrived late and got a top notch seat. Catholics are so cool.
The Mass itself was awesome. It was packed with representatives from all the different parishes and with priests, there was great music, the blessing of the oils was cool, and it was at the Cathedral, which by itself is always great. As I had never been to one of these before, I never realized what a big deal for priests the Chrism Mass is. They were all there and they renewed their ordination promises.
After it was over, I ran into my cousin who was representing the Newman Center from his college campus and we went over to the "light luncheon." I like the diocese's definition of light luncheon: roast beef, sausage, potatoes, corn, steamed veggies, fruit salad, rolls, cookies. Okay, I guess this technically doesn't have anything to do with the Chrism Mass, but I just had to mention the new definition of "light luncheon" for all my fellow food junkies out there.
All in all, Chrism Mass was an awesome experience and it was definitely worth missing Economics for.
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