...525,600 minutes...how do you measure, measure a year?
Given the fact that it has been SO long since my last post, I figured this entry HAS to be a good, reflective one to "make up" for my lack of posts! It's not that I didn't want to post--or that I was too busy--it was that I promised I wouldn't blog about daily life/classes unless something was SO striking to me that I felt I needed to share it. I've also resolved to journal my personal thoughts and insights instead of blogging about them... However, the reason I chose to blog today is because I wanted to reflect on what happened to me one year ago today... On June 24, 2013 (the Solemnity of the Nativity of John the Baptist), Cardinal Seán admitted Mike Zimmerman and me as a Candidates for Holy Orders before we left for NAC in mid-July. During Evening Prayer in the St. Charles Oratory at SJS, Cardinal Seán gave a brief homily on the milestone step Mike and I made in our priestly formation. Then we moved to the formal ceremony itself, which was qui...