Things From School Notebooks

[ChristinaTherese]

I'm packing up so I can put things in storage on campus for the summer tomorrow evening, and I came across an old notebook. It has some gems at the beginning:

 

From an Art History Kind Of Class

 

Question: Would Sherlock have used Google, or still made his own database? [Dr. Kr must have been Googling images of pieces of art.]

 

O my goodness! She just put a picture of a monstrance on the screen! Blessed Protestant woman, she! <Insert heavenly words of joy.>

 

Can I go to Confession even though I'm not Catholic yet? May I, Father? I really need it....

I want Confession! I want Confession! I want Confession!

I just want to be absolved of almost ten years of sins, dammit! [I really wanted to be Catholic.... It wasn't for almost another year until I actually was, though.]

 

The. Eucharist. Is. The. Body. Blood. Soul. And divinity. Of. Our. Lord. Jesus. Christ. Which is why it's the best thing to contemplate.

 

"Oh, well, it is mortal sin, Father, but we're on a crusade for God.... I'm sure that He'll understand." [I came up with this in reference to the Crusades.]

 

From a Theology Class (at a Protestant school...)

 

"I do not understand in order to believe, but I believe in order to understand." - St. Anselm

 

Women are looked down upon? Our greatest saint is a woman.... (teehee) [I think that Dr. Ke was saying they are in the Catholic Church, but I'm not sure.]

 

"When God calls a person, He bids them come and die." - Bonhoeffer

 

"The nature of water is soft, that of stone is hard; but if a bottle is hung above the stone, allowing the water to fall drop by drop, it wears away the stone. So it is with the Word of God; it is soft and our heart is hard, but the one who hears the word of God often, opens his heart to the fear of God." - Abba Pomen (Desert father)

 

Sometimes making random (possibly snarky) comments in my notebooks has been the only thing keeping me sane during class.

 

Do any of you have notes that you think are worth sharing?