St. Mary Magdalene is one of the most important female disciples of Christ, and the first to witness the resurrection. A faithful servant to Christ, and a reformed sinner, Mary Magdalene is a witness to the power of Christ's mercy.
At first she sought but did not find, but when she persevered it happened that she found what she was looking for. When our desires are not satisfied, they grow stronger, and becoming stronger they take hold of their object. Holy desires likewise grow with anticipation, and if they do not grow they are not really desires. Anyone who succeeds in attaining the truth has burned with such a great love. As David says: My soul has thirsted for the living God; when shall I come and appear before the face of God? And so also in the Song of Songs the Church says: I was wounded by love; and again: My soul is melted with love.
--Sermon by Pope St. Gregory the Great
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This is a very good idea! *scurries off to make her own list*
An intriguing idea... Though I'm at a bit of loss for things I might (reasonably) want to do while single that (a) I could not do while married or (b) I have not already done.
Perhaps the closest is this: hiking the Grand Canyon. In spite of being from Arizona, I've never done it. For years my brother and I were too young. Now my folks are too old. A couple years ago my brother and I tried to make plans but didn't get pulled for a camping spot at the bottom. (The tribe that controls the base limits the number of overnight campers at any given time.) Perhaps we should try to do that. Though he's currently out of the country. And my knee's been aching... Maybe not.
I know a fellow whose fiancee said she wouldn't marry him until he read the Kristin Lavransdatter trilogy. I don't think he quite made it before their wedding day, but he made a good-faith effort. (I tried reading it once, and gave up in the first book.) I know there are some classic titles I've never attempted. Perhaps I should pick up a couple of those. Right after comps.
I'll keep thinking...
Julian~
This is a great idea. Your friend is right, you should definitely take advantage of life as a single woman. Marriage is wonderful, but it does have a tendency to take up a lot of time:)
I'm trying to learn to knit too, and I'm so bad at it. I just rented a Learn to Knit DVD from the library, but it didn't help much. Maybe you could take a knitting class? I know I would love to try to do that at some point. Oh, and one thing I'm glad I did before I was married was take a trip to Hawaii with my best friend. We had a ball!
Good luck!
Ok, so I thought of two things: something I've done, and something I'd like to do. This semester I took up exercising, intentionally. Never having owned a car, I always got a lot of exercise. But this semester I've taken up visiting the gym twice a week and exercising with some military officers and history colleagues. The knee injury during Friday's 6 mile run notwithstanding, I've really enjoyed it, being healthier and watching my progress from Day 1 (when I told the captain who leads our crew: "Dan, I don't think I HAVE abs....").
And something I'd yet like to do: become a extraordinary minister of the Holy Eucharist. I've been lectoring for the last ten years. I love it, and it will always been my first ministerial love. But there are occasions now and again when a Eucharistic minister is needed and I'm not trained to fill that role. It's not hard. I don't mind standing in front of people at church. But somehow I've never managed to find my way to an EM training. One of these days, in the not entirely distant future, I'll do it. Kind of like the gym...
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