First Week of October

Sunday, September 30th:

Skirt - Nordstum Rack, Sweater - Target, Shirt - H&M

Shoes - Nordstrum Rack

Monday, October 1st

I was a bum today.

Shoes - Shoe Dept.

so comfy.

I had softball practice so I just wore the shirt all day. Go me.

 I usually don't wear my hair out of my face like this but.. I love the headband. So wear it I shall.

Tuesday, October 2nd 

Shirt- Target, Skirt, Eddie Buaer, Boots - Nordstrum Rack

 Matthew gave me that necklace for our 3 year anniversary. Isn't it pretty? 

I love it :)

BOW!

I bought this bow and another on from an Etsy store. I never thought I'd wear bows but there is this one girl in my building who always wears bows and pulls them off really well. I thought I'd try :P

Wednesday, October 3rd

Mmm... I just wanted to be comfortable today.

Shirt - Forever 21, Skirt - H&M

Shoes - Target

Thursday, October 4th & Friday, October 5th

HAH. I was a bum. I had practice both days and so just wore sweatpants & a tshirt. Not blog worthy stuff, man :P

Saturday, October 6th

Ahhh, much better...

 Boots - Nordstrum Rack

My softball games got cancelled today! I was so happy about it.. I was praying so hard for rain :]

 Scarf - Urban Outfitters

 Sweater - Avalon Exchange

The weather was finally nice and cool again...

Skirt (formerly a dress) - H&M

 ...I love fall.

Shirt - H&M

oh oh oh! I bought my first chapel veil today! Matthew new I had been thinking about it and he texted me "The booth next to ours is selling chapel veils!" *hint hint* lol So I went. The  lady was so sweet and I bought one:

We'll see if I have the courage to actually wear it!

Have a great week! God bless!

:)

Simple Sunday.

Matthew Mayfield , C.S. Lewis and beautiful autumnal weather...Perfect :)

Photo credit: Sean Dougherty

Also, rediscovering Sean's Facebook album from last fall filled with gorgeous photos. 

Fall is the best season. No debate necessary.

Have a wonderful day! God Bless!

O Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, have mercy on us!

I've had the great blessing to go to a school for the past three years on the campus of Sacred Heart of Jesus parish. The parish there focuses a lot on devotion to the Sacred Heart (for obvious reasons.) Being able to participate in this has really boosted my spiritual life because it's changed the way I think about Jesus and about God's love and made me love the practice of devotion to the Sacred Heart.

First off, because the Sacred Heart is constant. Constancy is a big thing for me right now, because my life seems so chaotic and I long so much for something that stays the same. Jesus' Sacred Heart has a steady heartbeat that pours out more love on us with every beat. In his heart we find steadiness and peace. It's kind of a paradox that we can kind find such peace and stillness in something that's always moving and pouring out more grace upon us. 

Something else that struck me is that Jesus always suffers with us when we suffer, and that his Sacred Heart feels the same pain that ours does. (John 19:34) "But one of the soldiers pierced his side with a spear, and immediately blood and water came out." It was when the soldier pierced his heart that Christ's passion was completed and His love for us fulfilled. He allowed his heart to be opened so that we could enter into it and participate in the life of God.

Jesus gave his life for us and he continues to give his heart to us every day in the Holy Eucharist. We're so blessed to have a God who truly gives everything for us and became the poorest of the poor out of love for us. "For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you might become rich."

“You must know that when you ‘hail’ Mary, she immediately greets you! Don’t think that she is one of those rude women of whom there are so many—on the contrary, she is utterly courteous and pleasant. If you greet her, she will answer you right away and converse with you!”
- Saint Bernardine of Siena

That Awesome Moment When...

- ...the weather is gorgeous, fall like and makes me want to curl up with a book and a cup of coffee :)
- ...I really really enjoy book I'm assigned for English. It's C.S. Lewis' Till We Have Faces -- I love it!
- ...I actually do my homework o.0 It's just an awesome feeling to be on top of things.
- ...MY 11AM CLASS GETS CANCELED! yay! I had been falling asleep in my first class today and so wasn't looking forward to my long philosophy class; but then, as I was trudging up the stairs, a girl in my class called out to me and told me class was canceled. oohh yea :P
- ...there's Latin Mass today.
- ...people are nice to me and let me crash in their room because there may be a snake loose in my room. duh duh duuuuuhhhhh.
- ...there is no longer a snake in my dorm room! ( I think...)

Have a great day :) God Bless.

Friday Nights

So last night my friends Molly and Danielle reserved the dorm kitchen&dining room and we had a nice 'homemade' meal.

Mmm...spaghetti, garlic bread, cookies and coffee! :)

After that Matthew and I went to hang out with some of his household brothers. We watched an interesting movie and played a board game.

Here's what I wore:

Shirt - Plato's Closet, Sweater - TJ Maxx, Belt - Target

Skirt - Forever 21, Shoes - Target

 O hey :P

He's so handsome :)

I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

God Bless