Tar Heels Came to Town

Thursday night, the Cavaliers took on the Carolina Tar Heels. It was a really competitive first half, but a pretty awful second half for the home team. It was cool to see the Tar Heels play, though. Here are some pictures from the night:

The Cavaliers warm up

Tyler Hansbrough Takes a warm-up shot

Opening Introductions

Roy Williams (with Hansbrough, Lawson, and Ellington on the bench)

The final score....

I always enjoy homilies that wrestle with the idea of vocations. At tonight's mass, Father discussed the importance of vocations, stressing the need for us to say, "Speak Lord, your servant is listening," as Samuel did in the Old Testament reading. He discussed the coming of Andrew and Peter to Jesus as cited in today's Gospel readings. When they saw Him, they knew that he was Christ, and knew their vocation was to be His followers. He also reflected beyond priestly and religious vocations, describing how we all have a multiplicity of vocations: one can be called to be a husband, a lawyer, a father, a Eucharistic minister, and many other things all at once. We can't go about these many vocations half-heartedly, though, as "holiness is attained and enters our lives...through our vocations." Finally, as John the Baptist in today's reading from the Gospel of John, no matter what our vocation is, we should remember that our work is ultimately for the glory of God rather than the glory of ourselves. With these facts in mind, we need to reflect on how well we live out our vocations, and constantly need to strive to better ourselves to better serve the Master. "Speak Lord, your servant is listening."

Now to get back to my reading. I'm currently reading a book on Woodrow Wilson's presidency for my U.S. Foreign Relations class-- he's much more interesting than I've previously given him credit for. Hope everyone has a nice, long weekend. More posts to come over the next couple days!