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2014-03-31T03:07:33-05:00

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Lent Day 26: Temporary Home

Last updated on: March 31, 2014 at 3:07 am By Monique Ocampo

Fr. Robert Barron’s Lenten Reflection today reminds me of a CS Lewis quote: If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world. I had the chance to visit my alma mater yesterday, a place that I called home for four years. But I knew that eventually, I had to graduate and move on. I couldn’t stay there forever, even though I really loved... Read more

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2014-03-30T01:46:03-05:00

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Lent Day 25: Pushed to the Limit

Last updated on: March 30, 2014 at 1:46 am By Monique Ocampo

Fr. Robert Barron’s Lenten Reflection asks “What Can The Saints Teach us About Lent?” In his reflection, Fr. Barron says that a lot of saints go through a period of “extremes” to try and imitate Christ’s 40 days in the desert. Sometimes, though, God puts these saints through an extreme period when they least expect it. While St. Ignatius of Loyola chose to spend a year in a cave, fasting and turning into Bigfoot, Mother Teresa had a period where she... Read more

2014-03-29T02:55:34-05:00

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Lent Day 24: Psalms and Feelings

Last updated on: March 29, 2014 at 2:55 am By Monique Ocampo

Fr. Robert Barron’s Lenten Reflection talks about keeping Christ at the center of our lives. Now that phrase “center of our lives” rings a bell. Why? Because there’s a song with that title, called “Center of My Life,” which is often sung at Mass. It’s actually based on Psalm 16. It’s interesting how little people really know about Psalms. Psalms are stereotyped as “praise and worship” prayers, when in reality, Psalms are actually lyrics to a variety of songs, songs that... Read more

2014-03-28T01:30:44-05:00

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Lent Day 23: Life On The Autistic Spectrum

Last updated on: March 28, 2014 at 1:30 am By Monique Ocampo

Fr Robert Barron’s Lenten Reflection talks about how humanity is spiritually broken and that everyone is in need of help. Today, I had a short conversation with my mother about autism and after thinking things over, I decided to make that the topic of this post. WARNING: LONG POST IS LONG! Backstory time! Around 6th grade, I was taken out of class to take a series of tests. I didn’t understand what was going on, but given that I liked taking... Read more

2014-03-27T01:10:04-05:00

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Lent Day 22: Nostalgia-You Can’t Take It With You

Last updated on: March 27, 2014 at 1:10 am By Monique Ocampo

Nostalgia is a very weird thing. What’s nostalgic for some may not be nostalgic for others. For example, people who grew up in the 80s fondly remember the song “Take On Me” and the iconic music video that went with the song. However, I was born in 1990, so I don’t have any real memories of hearing that song as a kid or seeing the music video. However, if you ask me if I recall the theme song to Sailor... Read more

2014-03-26T04:45:34-05:00

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Lent Day 21: There’s Something About Mary

Last updated on: March 26, 2014 at 4:45 am By Monique Ocampo

Although Fr. Robert Barron’s reflection for today talks about fasting, there’s a little loophole within Lent that says that fasting isn’t required on solemnities that take place during Lent. There are two solemnities that take place during Lent: The Solemnity of St. Joseph and The Solemnity of the Annunciation. I know that Catholicism is infamous for being against contraception, abortion, female priests, etc, but seriously. How can you say that the Catholic Church is anti-women when the Church has Mary!... Read more

2014-03-24T23:58:12-05:00

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Lent Day 19 and 20: This Day In History

Last updated on: March 24, 2014 at 11:58 pm By Monique Ocampo

Sorry for not posting yesterday. Fr. Robert Barron’s reflection that day was about how Sunday is seen in the Catholic Church. I was kind of having an off day yesterday. Today, Fr. Robert Barron talks about finding a special place to pray. Both of these ideas could relate to the concept of rediscovery when we go somewhere different. Now look at the title of this post. What exactly happened on March 24th that’s so special? For those who are old... Read more

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2014-03-23T01:38:16-05:00

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Lent Day 18: Saints Past and Present

Last updated on: March 23, 2014 at 1:38 am By Monique Ocampo

Fr. Robert Barron’s Lenten Meditation goes into the diversity of the saints. Despite what you may think, given the flatness of the stained glass windows, saints are not cookie cutter clones. The saints in Heaven are as varied as the flowers on earth. St. Therese of Lisieux says this a lot better, though: “I understood that every flower created by Him is beautiful, that the brilliance of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not lessen the perfume... Read more

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2014-03-22T04:19:51-05:00

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Lent Day 17: The Stations of the Cross

Last updated on: March 22, 2014 at 4:19 am By Monique Ocampo

Fr. Robert Barron’s Lenten Reflection today talks about the importance of self-denial. It’s best summarized with this awesome picture from Catholic Memes: This post will be short due to me procrastinating on this post until the last minute. I ask instead that you look at Fr. Robert Barron’s Lenten Reflection and this meme and think about what it means to deny yourself. Read more

Stations of the Cross

2014-03-21T00:55:40-05:00

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Lent Day 16: Friendship and Holiness

Last updated on: March 21, 2014 at 12:55 am By Monique Ocampo

I wrote a post about friendship back when I was looking through CS Lewis’s The Four Loves. In that post, I said that friendship comes from shared experiences. But there are other aspects of friendship that I didn’t go into. And this post does have something to do with Fr. Robert Barron’s Lenten Meditation for today, which talks about how Lent is a great time for what Clueless calls a “makeover of the soul.” But what does friendship have to do... Read more

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