Saturday-Definitions again...with an ANNOUNCEMENT

Hey! Sorry I'm posting this really late but we have guests and I've been really busy! :) Here are some more definitions of words from my sunday missal and the definitions are provided to you by CatholicReference.net!

love: To will good to someone. Also to please someone, either by sharing with that person what one possesses or by doing what someone wants. Basically there are two kinds of love. The love of concupiscence, or self-interested love, means that another is loved for one's own sake as something useful or pleasant to the one who loves. The love of friendship means selfless love of another for that person's own sake, for his or her good, to please him or her; it is the love of benevolence.

destiny: In general, the preordained order of events. Human destiny, therefore, is the divine ordering of all secondary causes by God leading to the goal of human existence, which is the heavenly possession of God. But always this destiny is conditional, depending on one's voluntary co-operation with divine grace. In pagan terms destiny is the fate to which a person is necessarily predestined.

spirit: That which is positively immaterial. It is pure spirit if it has no dependence on matter either for its existence or for any of its activities. God is uncreated pure Spirit; the angels are created pure spirits. The human soul is more properly called spiritual. Although it can exist independent of the body, it nevertheless in this life depends extrinsically on the body for its operations, and in the life to come retains a natural affinity for the body, with which after the resurrection it will be reunited for all eternity.

life: Inward activity. The essence of a being to act from within; ranging from the life of God, which is identical with his nature, on through all the forms of life in the created universe. The higher a nature the more intimate what comes from it, for its inwardness of activity corresponds to its rank of being. Life is immanent activity, which begins and terminates within the living being.

repentence: Voluntary sorrow because it offends God, for having done something wrong, together with the resolve to amend one's conduct by taking the necessary means to avoid the occasions of sin. To repent is to be sorry for sin with self-condemnation.


Well there you are! Remember that all the definitions are provided by CatholicReference.net ! :)

Talk to you guys on Monday! Oh wait...the announcement!

THE ANNOUNCEMENT
There's going to be a contest to get YOUR debate topic featured on a Monday post! The deadline is midnight March 2nd and the results will be in on March 3rd in the daily post. If you guys have any ideas or suggestions, they don't even have to be topics, send them to whyilovejesusblog@yahoo.com Thanks a bunch! oh and Steph just emailed me about a ton of songs to feature on Tuesdays and Thursdays! Check them out and thanks Steph! :)

-Zoe

Friday-Losing Faith?

Hey! This sunday's going to be the Third Sunday of Lent! I also have a baton competition so pray for me (and Steph)! Here's a little segment from my Sunday Missal. This part happens to be written by Michael Traher. Here you are:

Losing faith on the journey of life? It happens for many reasons: great discouragement, deep hurts, personal failures, sinful choices. Moses' people lost faith in the wilderness, while dying of thirst. By the power of God, Moses commanded water from the rock at Horeb to bring temporary relief to a people who would fail in faith many times before reaching the promised land.
During the season of Lent we are especially invited to drink from the well of Christ's compassionate love. Again and again he satisfies our hunger and thirst for what is most needed in our lives---to know that we are God's beloved.

There ya go!

-Zoe

Thursday-I Can Only Imagine

Hey! I heard this song that I'm featuring today on the way home from the grocery store earlier. I've heard it before but I was really surprised when I heard it on a rock station! I thought it was a little weird to hear a gospel song on the radio (besides on gospel radio)! I really love this song so here you are!

I Can Only Imagine by Mercy Me



Here are the lyrics:

I can only imagine what it will be like, when I walk by Your side...I can only imagine, what my eyes will see, when Your Face is before me!I can only imagine. I can only imagine.
Surrounded by Your Glory, what will my heart feel?Will I dance for you, Jesus? Or in awe of You, be still?Will I stand in Your presence, or to my knees will I fall?Will I sing 'Hallelujah!'? Will I be able to speak at all?I can only imagine! I can only imagine!
I can only imagine, when that day comes, when I find myself standing in the Son!I can only imagine, when all I will do, is forever, forever worship You!I can only imagine! I can only imagine!
Surrounded by Your Glory, what will my heart feel?
Will I dance for you, Jesus? Or in awe of You, be still?Will I stand in Your presence, or to my knees will I fall?Will I sing 'Hallelujah!'? Will I be able to speak at all?I can only imagine! Yeah! I can only imagine!
Surrounded by Your Glory, what will my heart feel?
Will I dance for you, Jesus? Or in awe of You, be still?Will I stand in Your presence, or to my knees will I fall?Will I sing 'Hallelujah!'? Will I be able to speak at all?I can only imagine! Yeah! I can only imagine!
I can only imagine! Yeah! I can only imagine!! Only imagine!!!I can only imagine.
I can only imagine, when all I do is forever, forever worship You!I can only imagine.

There you are! :)

-Zoe

Wednesday-How do you show your love?

Hey! I'm realllllllly tired today so I'm gonna make this quick cause I'm like really stressed. I know I'm really lucky having vacation but tomorrow I have an art class, then an orthodontist appointment and then on Friday I have baton twirling practice for the competition on Sunday and on Saturday I'm serving at churh and then Sunday I'm going to CCD to help little kids then my class then the baton competition. Wow talk about a run on sentence! haha well here we go!

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 20, A LENTEN WEEKDAY
Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be handed over to the chief priests and the scribes, and they will condemn him to death... Matthew 20:18

How do you show your love? Before you get up from the table, do you thank whoever made you dinner? Do you pick up a towel and dry the dishes before you are asked? When your little brother was crying and your mom was trying to make the lunches for school, did you stop to play with him? Did you share part of your snack with someone who did not have one?
Nobody forced Jesus to die for our sins. He had choices just like we do. He knew what was going to happen if he went up to Jerusalem He went anyway.
How did you show your love today?

That was a part of my booklet called Living Faith for Kids!

-Zoe

Tuesday-Iris

HEYYYYYYY! Today I'm going to be showing a video of a song that was recommended to me by Steph! :) The lyrics are really good and I think you guys will recognize the song once you hear it! I didn't even know it was called Iris but I'm not very good at knowing songs names anyway (just ask becca or steph) ! Well here it is! The lyrics will be included after it!

Iris by Goo Goo Dolls



LYRICS
And I'd give up forever to touch you
Cause I know that you feel me so well
You're the closest to heaven that Ill ever be
And I dont want to go home right now
And all I can taste is this moment
And all I can breathe is your life
And sooner or later its over
I just dont want to miss you tonight
And I dont want the world to see me
Cause I dont think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am.
And you cant fight the tears that ain't coming
All the moment of truth in your lies
When Everything feels like the movies
Yeah, you bleed just to know your alive
And I dont want the world to see me
cause I dont think that theyd understand
when everythings meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I dont want the world to see me
cause I dont think that theyd understand
when everythings meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
And I dont want the world to see me cause
I dont think that theyd understand
when everythings meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

There you are! :D

-Zoe

PS Marta, if you're still here and reading this: I never recieved your email. Please try and resend it to whyilovejesusblog@yahoo.com ... thanks!

Monday-Jamie Lynn Spears

Hey! It's Monday and I'm really excited cause today's President's day! aka the first day of vacation! :) I'm really happy that there's no school for Becca, Steph, and I all week! :D

Here's the Debate Question!

Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant at age 16 is a bad example to set for any kid and I don't think anyone can say otherwise. Do you think that it's a bad choice that Nickelodean (not sure about spelling) made to continue having her on Zoey 101?

I don't want this to turn into a "hollywood" debate! I really just want to know your opinions on this topic! I don't want anyone to talk about what young hollywood is doing and all that junk. k?

Steph and Becca came up with this question at school and then I asked some guys and their replies were "No, she's hot." and "Who cares? She's hot!" Okay, now that made me really mad!!!!!!!!!! Okay, well whatever!

-Zoe