As the sun is rising....

Here is a morning prayer I found. It's really quite beautiful;

O Jesus,
through the Immaculate Heart of Mary,
I offer You my prayers, works,
joys and sufferings
of this day for all the intentions
of Your Sacred Heart,
in union with the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass
throughout the world,
in reparation for my sins,
for the intentions of all my relatives and friends,
and in particular
for the intentions of the Holy Father. Amen.

*footnote: this prayer is from http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/morning2.htm

Just a little prayer I'd like to share...

Lord help me
to remember
that nothing
is going to happen
to me today
that You and I
together can't handle.

Amen

*Footnote: from http://www.ewtn.com/Devotionals/prayers/short.htm

Hello!

Hi there,

I'm finally adding my first entry after signing up about....oh let me see... two months ago.

I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Beth, I'm a Business student in a little country town on the East coast of Australia. I'm 18, turning 19 on Saturday, and I'm a new-born Catholic. I was just Baptised and Confirmed this Easter after completing the RCIA program in our Parish...okay, I'm lying we aren't completely finished, but one more session and we will be :D

Okay I suppose I'd better state my reasons for being here ;)

First of all I love to write! I do short stories occasionally but I'd like to do a little bit of independent journalism here...if you can call writing about my life journalism :P

Secondly, I'd want to share my experiences of being a young Catholic in this big crazy world. Trying to avoid temptations and embrace Jesus and our Church, without becoming a fully-fledged Nun (even though Nuns are very awesome people!) Also, I want to share my experiences in our Church, e.g. I run a youth group so you'll hear lots about that.

Lastly, I want to do/share apologetics online.

So I hope you enjoy this, I'll try to update at least once a week so do drop in often, and leave comments, I love comments!

God Bless,

Beth