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Friends,

The semester has started with school and I am inundated with school work. I have major research projects in 5 our of 6 classes (some are small, relating to looking for water and others large, involving researching “cults”). And that’s also on top of the standard load of reading, quizzes, labs, homework, and exams.

Work on wedding planning is going swimmingly, my fiance and I pretty much have the entire thing figured out, with the help of the church where the wedding will be held. Now the details that left are flowers, a gown (::eyeroll::), invitations, that sort of thing. But, that’s nine months away so the gown definitely needs to get taken care of soon, but the rest we can (sort of) push.

I have been doing a lot of thinking as of late, like what is contemplative prayer (and does it differ from mental prayer, and if so; how?) and how people relate to each other. Perhaps some of the latter is due to my Anthropology classes (taking three of them this semester), but some may be situational. I guess I am in a situation that is not very conducive to my charity and just happiness, so I have been prayerfully considering how to handle this situation.

I also am inundated with guilt. Guilt about sort of falling off the wagon in terms of Oblate Formation – it’s still going, but not as much as I would like to. Lacking the Divine Office is a big part, and I know that I can’t get it instantly incorporated into my life but I still am guilty for not having it in my life as much as I want and as much as I should. School has just started so I am still figuring out my schedule and trying to figure out where to pull time. I don’t think I should have to pull time for God, and thus I feel guilty for having to do such a thing.

I reckon I should start working on my homework. Procrastination is not an option for me this semester. St. Expeditus, pray for us!