Christmas is over

First of all I hope everybody had a blessed Christmas. I had a nice Christmas dinner with my friend's on the 23rd and then dinner with my family on the 24th, Midnight Mass with my dad which was wonderful, and then another family get together with more family on the 25th, so I feel pretty blessed that it was such a nice experience. So now it's done with, very quickly it seems to me and I actually feel a little sad although I know Jesus is here to stay, he wasn't just born and it's all done with on the 25th. He came into the world and chose to stay with us in the gift of the Holy Spirit and the Eucharist. Today I saw a blogger write "Christmas is over, thankgod" a co-worker also expressed she was glad Christmas was done with because she did not have a good one. Here I'm thinking, how is it possible for people to be glad Christmas is over? Definitely missing the whole point of Christmas, that we celebrate the birth and coming of our Lord Christ. Well I for one am asking the child Jesus to stay in my heart and help me to grow in love and faith, so that next Christmas God willing, I will have a deeper understanding and appreciation of what we celebrate.

Day 7

So I've been attending daily mass for 7 consecutive days now. I feel really great...more than great. It's my favorite part of the day. It takes some crazy amount of will power for me to get up at 6 am to make it to 6:30 mass, but once I walk inside church, ahh it's this indescribable feeling. Today was pretty great because I felt very close to Mary. I prayed with her after receiving communion and asked her to make me the best woman I can be and the daughter God wants me to be. So I highly recommend daily mass if you can do it. In just a few days I can feel God working in me :) 

Adoration :)

So...
 I just wanna share that I went to Adoration yesterday and it was fantastic. I hadn't done it in a while and it was really great. We all need to spend time with the Lord. He fills us with peace and fuels us to keep moving forward as a better person. For those of you not familar, we Catholics believe that Christ is truly present in the Eucharist, the small round piece of bread that we receive in the communion at mass. Adoration is spending time in prayer with the presence of the Holy Sacrament in a church or chapel. (For more on Adoration click here.)

Anyway, if you're Catholic (and even if you're not) and have never taken the time to go and spend some alone time with the Big Guy in the form of the Blessed Sacrament I definitely invite you to do so, it's a beautiful experience. Okay this time I am out for real. God bless and have an awesome day!