today was an early morning but it was so worth every last second of it!! we started with opening program which lead into an adoration procession from the Sprint Center back into the convention center. every person marched some in song, some in prayer, some in good spirits, but all in reverence to Jesus. getting towards the convention center and looking behind seeing all the people of the young church was spectacular. i have never seen some many people march for the same purpose. its like taking all the people in Time Square and telling the them to march. its an once in a life time thing to see.
then the workshops started. i went to one call bishop's round table. which is were a bishop comes and talks to a group of youth. in the one i went to i had an Arch-Bishop from Omaha, Nebraska. sadly i forget his name but he was a newly Arch-Bishop and he answered some of the questions that the different kids had. like questions about what is it like being a bishop, is it easy to be a bishop, what qualities nominated for the new position.
next the group and i went to XLT. which is like Lift. which is where a band plays and there is a speaker and adoration to wrap up and some more music played for a bit. the band was Matt Maher. who is an amazing musician.
then the last workshop of the day was done by a man named Mike Patin. it was about faith and sports. how the two are and can be connected. every catholic and athlete can add or to their faith or to theirs efforts to the game. add or P.L.U.S. which stands for Pray, get some sort of quiet time to focus, positive visualisation on what is going to happen, on the game at hand or in our faith. Learn, always learning to improve our poor performance and always learning in our faith. Unity, community, coming together as one as a team and as a church. Serve, serving ourselves to become better athletes and better catholics.
the closing was amazing. at one point a performer was singing a slowish song and asked for everyone to take out their cell phones and wave them around. the sight of 2,000 plus cell phones in the Sprint Center was breathe taking. the lighter's of the 21st century. and to add to the fun the MC had us do the wave in slow motion. which surprisingly was really cool.
cant wait for tomorrow. looking forward to new experiences and finding out more knowledge of my faith.
-peace and love...good night
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