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2014-03-09T01:18:58-05:00

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Lent Day 4: Joy and Fear

Last updated on: March 9, 2014 at 1:18 am By Monique Ocampo

Fr. Robert Barron’s Lent Reflection focuses on an extraordinary woman named Mother Teresa, who lived out the joy of her mission of caring for the poorest of the poor. Fr. Barron says in his reflection that we all want joy. According to Aristotle, mankind’s ultimate end is to find happiness. However, we make the mistake of trying to fill up that missing part of ourselves. My friend Joseph makes a case for this on his Lent reflection. With the popularization of... Read more

2014-03-08T03:11:24-05:00

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Lent Day 3: Broken, Refined, Polished, Restored

Last updated on: March 8, 2014 at 3:11 am By Monique Ocampo

Fr. Robert Barron’s Lent Reflection today compared humanity as diamonds covered in the muck of sin. This reminds me of a verse from Malachi 3:3 He will sit as a smelter and purifier of silver, and He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, so that they may present to the LORD offerings in righteousness. Life is never an easy road. There are times that break us, times that test us, and times that... Read more

2014-03-06T16:53:14-05:00

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Lent Day 2: The Virtue of Humility

Last updated on: March 6, 2014 at 4:53 pm By Monique Ocampo

Fr. Robert Barron’s Lent Reflection for today reflects on the virtue of humility. There’s a quote from Oscar Wilde that I love: Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Now the best way to NOT be humble is to brag about how humble you are AKA Humblebragging. So how exactly can we practice the virtue of humility? Read about saints who were the embodiment of humility or the writings of saints who emphasized humilty. Think Mother Teresa, St.... Read more

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2014-03-06T03:27:05-05:00

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Lent Day 1: Ash Wednesday

Last updated on: March 6, 2014 at 3:27 am By Monique Ocampo

Today, I learned a lesson in patience. I got an e-mail from my Sunday School Supervisors that there would be an Ash Wednesday prayer service just for the kids, so I decided to wait until 7:30 to get my ashes. The rest of the day proved to be a test of patience. My co-teacher and I were planning on getting pretzels and juice for the kids, but I wanted to be efficient, so I decided to buy the food about... Read more

2014-02-28T22:02:15-05:00

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Four Loves Friday: Agape AKA Charity

Last updated on: February 28, 2014 at 10:02 pm By Monique Ocampo

To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything, and your heart will certainly be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact, you must give your heart to no one, not even to an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements; lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket-safe, dark, motionless, airless-it will change. It will not be... Read more

2014-02-25T20:59:09-05:00

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February Progress Report

Last updated on: February 25, 2014 at 8:59 pm By Monique Ocampo

I didn’t update this blog as often as I thought I would due to sickness and me realizing that I needed to take things into a different path. I want to be more open about my faith on this blog, especially with Lent coming up in a week. So after my Four Loves Friday post, the next time you’ll see me update this blog will be on Ash Wednesday. Lent has always been a tricky thing for me, even back... Read more

2014-02-21T23:07:03-05:00

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Four Loves Friday: Philia AKA Friendship

Last updated on: February 21, 2014 at 11:07 pm By Monique Ocampo

Sorry again for not updating on Tuesday. I’ve come up with an idea on what to do for this blog and I realized that the whole “True Love Tuesday” thing was seriously biased of me. I want this blog to be more than just my ramblings on fandoms. I want to show the things I love to bring out a stronger truth. With that, let’s continue the Four Loves Friday with Philia AKA friendship. Like Affection, Friendship is often overlooked... Read more

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2014-02-15T00:19:34-05:00

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Four Loves Friday: Storge AKA Affection

Last updated on: February 15, 2014 at 12:19 am By Monique Ocampo

To paraphrase a well-known quote, if love was rain, Storge or Affection would be drizzle and Eros would be a hurricane. But what’s so wrong with a drizzle? Drizzles are a manageable kind of rain, the kind of rain that helps the flowers grow instead of flooding cities. In a similar way, affection and familial love are such a part of everyday life, that it’s often overshadowed in the hurricane that is Eros. As I said before, romantic love is... Read more

2014-02-09T03:21:50-05:00

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Four Loves Friday (Late due to Sochi)

Last updated on: February 9, 2014 at 3:21 am By Monique Ocampo

Eros is probably the most well known and also the most misunderstood of the Four Loves. For one thing, sexuality and lust aren’t always a part of Eros (think about someone you know that had meaningless sex with somebody). However, C.S. Lewis doesn’t say that Eros (which he defines as romantic love) and sexuality are incompatible. He just wants to make a distinction between Eros and what we call “erotic.” Lewis says that romantic love begins with a pre-occupation with... Read more

2014-02-04T21:57:23-05:00

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True Love Tuesday: Why I Ship Spike/Buffy and Faith/Angel

Last updated on: February 4, 2014 at 9:57 pm By Monique Ocampo

In October 2013, I started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer to get myself hyped up for Halloween. Since all 7 seasons were available on Netflix, I went through all 7 seasons in a matter of 5 months. At first, I liked the Buffy/Angel relationship. I thought it was cute. I also loved Spike as a villain and I loved him with Drusilla. I was fairly certain that I would ship Bangel given how much Buffy loved him. And I still like... Read more

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