It's hard to believe

Around this time last year I was getting ready to graduate and leave college seminary. I just stopped over at my old stomping grounds to pick something up to take back home with me and it felt like I had not left. The lobby looked the same and the same smell of incense after a Sunday liturgy was in the air. As I get closer to being done with another school year, I think back to the beginning and for me this was a unique year. The first thing that has been unique about this year is the fact that I am now in major seminary and studying theology. Another thing that makes this year unique is that I have a car now, which is a necessity to get to and from my teaching parish in Anoka, MN. Thirdly, I am living with 60 or so men compared to 150 men last year. Each semester has been a big learning experience and there is more to come. I am sure that in four years, I will look back and say how unique my first year at the St. Paul Seminary was.