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About Jen

Jen isn't quite sure when she lost her mind, but it is probably documented here on Meditatio. She blogs because the world needs her snark at all hours of the night... and she probably can't sleep anyway.

Who Am I?

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Ever since I read this, I’ve had the following song in my head:

Who am I?
That the Lord of all the earth,
Would care to know my name,
Would care to feel my hurt.
Who am I?
That the bright and morning star,
Would choose to light the way,
For my ever wondering heart.

Not because of who I am.
But because of what you’ve done.
Not because of what I’ve done.
But because of who you are.

I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I’m calling,
Lord you catch me when I’m falling,
And you told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Who am I?
That the eyes that see my sin
Would look on me with love
And watch me rise again
Who am I?
That the voice that calm the sea,
Would call out through the rain,
And calm the storm in me.

Not because of who I am.
But because what of youve done.
Not because of what I’ve done.
But because of who you are.

I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I’m calling,
Lord you catch me when I’m falling,
And you told me who I am.
I am yours.

Not because of who I am.
But because of what you’ve done.
Not because of what I’ve done.
But because of who you are.

I am a flower quickly fading,
Here today and gone tomorrow.
A wave tossed in the ocean,
A vapor in the wind.
Still you hear me when I’m calling,
Lord you catch me when I’m falling,
You told me who I am.
I am yours.
I am yours.

Whom shall I fear?
Whom shall I fear?
‘Cuz I am yours.
I am yours.
—Casting Crowns

I remember hearing this song on Praise FM when I was in Minnesota and liking it.Â? Then someone sang it in church a few months ago.Â? It’s a good reminder when I’m going through as much junk as I am right now that I am a beloved child of God.

Passing

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I just got the news from one of her parishioners that my friend Amy passed away.

Into your hands, O merciful Savior, we commend your servant, Amy. Acknowledge, we humbly beseech you, a sheep of your own fold, a lamb of your own flock, a sinner of your own redeeming. Receive her into the arms of your mercy, into the blessed rest of everlasting peace, and into the glorious company of the saints in light. Amen.

Pray for her family, especially her daughter who is now without a mother and just starting her teenage years.

I’m Kind of in Shock

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I just found out that a friend of mine from seminary is dying tonight at OSU hospital.Â? I remember A being diagnosed with breast cancer a couple years ago and I hadn’t really heard much until a mutual friend told me that they had found a brain tumor in November or December.

I’m actually seriously in shock at the moment.

BCS Championships

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GO FLORIDA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

(OK OK… I couldn’t tell you anything about the team except that they exist.Â? However, I root for anyone playing Ohio State as a principle.)

*ducks to avoid things being thrown at me from Central Ohio*

Home and Book Reviews

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I’ve been home since the afternoon of the 4th. We didn’t have a working furnace for 2 days but that’s thankfully fixed. (I’m also thankful that the weather didn’t drop too much below freezing — the house stayed around 58F but that’s better than 0F.)

Here’s an entry I wrote on the 1st from my in-law’s house:

I just finished The New Faithful by Colleen Carroll and it was lovely. I had heard of the book a few years ago from my father-in-law who was commenting on the fact that there was an increase in young adults doing things like Eucharistic adoration. Having seen all these things, I resolved to get my paws on the book and read it. Well… 3 years later, I’m down here in southern California and I have that chance. I read the book and I could actually picture quite a few of my friends in the descriptions they gave. (One person in the book is someone with whom I am familiar — Eve Tushnet.) I have good friends in real life and online (ahem… Victoria!!!) who are heavily into Eucharistic adoration and who were big proponents of it in college. I was also one of the people in college who wanted something concrete and who returned to my liturgical roots. In fact, I’m kind of wishing that I had a more staunch liturgical community near me because liturgy is what feeds me. It’s kind of too bad that the denomination that I’m closest to worship-wise is too liberal for me politically.