Katie's prayer: Matt Maher's Adoration

So yesterday I went to Reservoir - Holy Hour for young adults in the diocese. I honestly had one of my better Adoration experiences ever! Probably going to go in my top 5. And I was quite sad yesterday cause the song could not relate to my Adoration experience at all, so I didn’t get to blog about it. But now I can! (:

The Adoration time included a small homily from Deacon Ralph on JPII and St. Faustina, and Divine Mercy Sunday (there was all sorts of stuff in there!) I forget exactly what he said that became my focus. Something about re-focusing our attentions to God. And I was slowly realizing that my ministry has become less and less about God and more and more about me. When things go well, it’s because of me. I’m the sole person doing the planning. It’s all about me. And I realized that’s not how it should be. If things go well, it’s all cause of God. I should be contacting God more often on what He thinks the plans should be. So I was meditating on that a little, and asking God what I should do about this Sunday (that I’m still not fully prepared for). After quite a long time of talking about this, I pull out this book I’ve had in my purse for 2 months or so. But it hadn’t been opened for a month or so. So I go to where I last left off, start reading, and after like two sentences, I had to stop. I totally almost cracked up laughing! The chapter was on accountability partners... Youth group this Sunday is on accountability partners. Just kinda odd how God works sometimes. And it just kinda reaffirmed was I was focusing on earlier - it’s not about me, it’s about God. Cause honestly, if I hadn’t gone to Adoration, I wouldn’t have opened that book for a much longer time. The fact that it was in my purse to begin with, also cause of God. And really, I don’t think it’s any coincidence that I read that particular chapter at that particular time. So, in conclusion, God’s pretty amazing and stuff. And if you allow Him to do what He wants to do, it turns out pretty amazing. And Adoration is the best place to determine what God wants cause He’s right there. The End.