Bulletin Article 12/11/11
Finals? What the…! So you had all semester to read those books, but instead they were used to keep your desk from wobbling. You had 10 weeks to write that paper or prepare that presentation, but you decided to build an unbeatable fantasy football team or wait in line for hours to see Harry Potter (not to mention attending all the wonderful events Newman and FOCUS held all semester – up until now we have held 37 events, not including Mass and weekly Bible Studies). And now, as luck would have it, the semester is coming to a close. It’s time to dust off those books, disconnect the wifi and keep your focus on Microsoft Word as the cursor blinks on that blank page.
It’s amazing how we so often live in the present as if the future is so far away. For instance, what are your plans for February 22? That seems so far away, yet it will be here before you know it (by the way, that is Ash Wednesday so mark your calendars!) The final two weeks of Advent call to mind Christ’s second coming. This is something that many of us have placed aside in our faith lives because it seems like it is so far away. Many Christians put their Bible on their night stand or bookcase and let it collect dust. Many of us do not frequent the Sacraments or proclaim our faith by the way we live. We put it off-why? Christ reminds us that He is coming and we do not know when but we must be ready. We have had 2000 years to read that book. We have had 2000 years to prepare the world for Christ’s second coming. We have had most of our lives to prepare room in our hearts for Him through the sacrament of reconciliation. We don’t know when the semester of our lives will end. Spiritual Finals are coming…are you ready?
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