Slow

For the most part the past few days have been kind of slow. However, on Friday I was able to take Br. Inosessio, who is from our province in Oceania around Syracuse. We first made a pit stop at Dinosaur BBQ for lunch. That place is one of the big places to eat at here in Syracuse. Unfortunately Friday was a very cold and rainy day here in Syracuse, so I could really show him much. We did walk around Lake Onondaga, but it wasn't long because we were getting wet. I wanted to get back to the house at a decent time to welcome Brian our new candidate into the house. He is a really nice guy and I am glad that he has joined us. I know he still has a lot to deal with back in Philadelphia, but he now has a community to help him out.

Saturday I really didn't do too much besides going to the gym with Brian and spending my time in prayer. What was nice about my prayer especially for the 19th Annotated, which deals with the spiritual exercises of St. Ignatius, is that it had be reflecting on the high and low points in my life. It was really nice because most of the high points I could see how God's hand was guiding me, but even in the bad moments, they were learning experiences, experiences I needed to learn to do what I am doing today. Isn't God grand! It was just really nice to think of all the good moments. I couldn't have asked for a better way of growing up. I also sang at Mass at St. Daniel's with the choir. They are such a great group of people. They are all really supportive and all enjoy laughing. The choir director is super sweet, even when I do mess up and I know when I mess up, she always lifts my spirits up.

Today turned out to be an incredible day. I first got up and cut the grass, which I enjoy doing. My goal was to go to the lake to spend my time in prayer because today's reflection dealt with creation and what a great way to be in creation then somewhere very beautiful. However, the plans changed and Br. Dan, Brian, and I went to Chittenango Falls about 20 miles from us. Gosh was it beautiful. Although I wasn't able to meditate silently or to myself, but just seeing the natural beauty of the world was really nice. New York should be opening up more state parks then closing them because they are nice and right now free to get into. What made the trip beautiful also was driving to get there and seeing all the beautiful leaves change. I am really going to miss this of the year once I move back down in the south. Fall is always incredible here. Pretty soon though we are going to have snow.