Oh today mass was amazing! I had to get up extremely early. 4 something am, and it truly was hard but well worth it. I rushed and tuned my guitar and as soon as I got into the chapel I started playing the entrance song. AHHHH it was amazing! Everyone was singing Blessed be the Name of the Lord! The same words spoken by Job, where all is taken away and all is given to him. The lyrics; You give and take away (x3). Spoke volumes today as I realize that all was taken from me as I left my comfort of the states, my beloved, my family, friends, home, and luxury but Christ never abandoned me rather he gave. And he gave ABUNDANTLY. Lord God, you give and take away. Our lord asks nothing of us besides everything. He doesnt' ask that we give him more than we can, more than possible but he asks us to give Him our everything. Every praise, offering, sadness, joy, comfort, love, and our life. He asks us to be so intimately united with him that whether our vocation is holy order, relgious, or marriage that all belongs to Him and we glorify Him in everything. Lord we give you are all and all, and trust all in your hands that you will provide us all we need and in that we praise you, Blessed be the Name of the Lord! Today's reading was about the women at the well who thrist and asks for water from the well, but the Lord offers us living water in which we will never thirst again. Something beyond earthly things... why grasp to worldly things that will only quench our thirst temporarily while our God offers us a love that will satitate our thirst for eternity. Our thirst will not only be quenched but with the love of Christ it overflows to those around us. In the silences we find our Lord, in our abandonment we find our Savior, in our despair we are united to the passion and Joy of our Lord, and in dying to self we will rise to eternal life with Him. The Alleluia sung today at mass was SOOOO Beautiful! I was so proud of everyone! I was in awe myself. Everyone sounds like ANGELS! The celebration of the Eucharist, mass, was beautiful overall. There was about 7 or so priest, one deacon and four altar servers. On the left side of the altar there were over 100 novist and in front there was about 40 MC sisters and to the right side of the altar over 200 volunteers sat and celebrated mass. It was so pure and holy. It was quite the sight. I loved it!
After mass we had breakfast in the courtyard. The Sisters had a special breakfast for us, we had bread with jam and butter, a bananan, hard boiled eggs and chai tea! It was fun just hanging out and than the Madrid band came and played for us! It was so much fun! Everyone was clapping there were people salsa dancing! Everyone was having a great time!
Tonight is giong to be even greater. We're seeing all the skits all the volunteers prepared over the last few weeks and watching a Mother Teresa video. I'll blog about it if I have time tonight.
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