Prophetic...

There is just so much going on in my head right now. Things in the moment and things I need to worry about for the future.

One of the things I am trying to really bring to prayer is how I can I be prophetic as a religious. Really what would it take to be prophetic? It makes me examine how I really do things in my daily life like should I be praying more, reading more, or just spending time in the Chapel. The times where I have felt affirmed in things that I have done, I look back at and realize that at those moments I had been prophetic in what I had done. So many times we might not realize that fact that we are being prophetic until much later. It makes me want to challenge the system of things to really have other people reflect on how they are being prophetic and what can they do to be prophetic? Yes the Brothers work primarily in education, but how can we make that a source of being modern day prophets. This is coming to me because this past weekend was a formation weekend and the speaker really talked about the prophets in the Old Testmanet. For some reason I then had this urge of just trying to write a short little paper on how being prophetic means to me, someone, a young person, trying to live out religious life. For me it really is trying to live a life that challenges me and having me step out of my normal comforts, which I don't have a problem doing, but other religious do have a problem with that. So it really has been on my mind since this weekend. What a great thing to think about and to continue to think about. Hopefully by living my life as an example or trying to be an example to others is in some ways being prophetic.

Now I am really starting to think about next fall and school. I have looked at Loyola New Orleans information on a master's program on Religious Education and it really made me excited. I really do miss being in school and having my mind going at many cycles a second. Seeing the courses I could possibly take really made me happy, plus it wouldn't take me long to finish. Plus I was able to meet with one of my Philosophy professors at Le Moyne today which was really nice and we just talked about school stuff. I told her that I missed it. It was just nice visiting with her and I had a blast.

I am also realizing that I am a great listener. It seems like people see me as someone they can trust and to talk too. I am glad that they feel comfortable doing that because I find it is a way I can minister.

Also I had this crazy dream last night, but I won't go on about it, however, I did meet the Queen of England in the clothes I was sleeping in. It was crazy!