Tag Archives: Detachment

Being in College Football but Not Belonging to College Football

By | September 10, 2012

I vividly remember my first College Football game day as a Freshman at the University of Florida. My dorm building happened to be the closest to the football stadium. It was also the closest to the Catholic Church. I woke up around 11:30am, and the first thing I did was look out my window. Cars were parked everywhere. People were walking, tailgating, drinking, singing, shouting… I had a huge smile on my face, and I moved quickly to get ready for the day so I wouldn’t miss anything. Within fifteen

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A Gift?

By | January 17, 2011

One thing I’ve learned to appreciate over these past couple months is the gift of detachment. A gift? Yes, I did mean to use that term because God gives us the opportunity to choose the graces of detachment. So what does that mean? This means to rid yourself of anything that you might unintentionally be idolizing and to free yourself in order to be in the posture of “receiving.” These idols may include the ipod, cell phone, internet, and T.V. This doesn’t mean these items can’t be used

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