I have tried on many different hats when blogging before. There were the days of Xanga, where I rambled on incessantly about every menial thing my days included; there were the days of the "Sapient Sap" which hopefully have been somehow erased from the annals of the interwebs; and then there are the two (yes, two) posts I made when I first began teaching last year. In each case, these blogs never took off because my heart simply wasn't in them, and with time I lost interest and prioritized other things before my writing.
But they always say to "Write what you know," and though I'm relatively new to New Orleans, there is one thing that I know quite a bit about, and that is being Catholic. I have always been Catholic, and because of the wonderful family and opportunities I have had throughout my life, have been able to grow quite a bit in my understanding of the faith. Essential to this growth was my formation throughout college at St. Mary's Catholic Center at Texas A&M, and it was there that I began to see my Catholic faith as not only a belief system, but a way of living life. I look back on the words I wrote in my last semester as I prepared to start a new phase of my life:
I’m leaving with the knowledge that our faith is more than merely a history, creed, or religion: it’s lens through which I view the world, a lens which enables me to praise God for the glory He has created and to see how He is calling me to serve. And this is something I can take with me wherever He leads!
It is a beautiful reminder not only of where I have been, but what along my journey has led me to this point. And I hope that in writing this blog, I will be reminded time and again to have faith in the Lord to bring me where I am meant to be.
As a reverse Crescent City Catholic, with my time as an Aggie exile, I wholeheartedly support, endorse, and encourage your writing. I does help you are in a city that was my first love. I hope she continues to treat you well--if not always as well as you hope.
ReplyDeleteFrom one Catholic Blogger to another, I must also request your readership: "Credo et Accipio". Perhaps your reading too will spur me onward with my writing—which has waned with my new job this year.
From this New Orleanian, to you now one, I hope God continues to grace you in so many ways. He will not be outdone in generosity! Indeed, write what you know! Pax tecum.