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May 17th, 2014 mpwhit14

“Nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, falling in love in a quite absolute, final way.”

That quote has appeared more than a few times on my blog over the years, because Fr. Arrupe’s words were my introduction to Holy Cross back in 2010 and they have become integral to my Holy Cross experience.  “Fall in love, stay in love, and it will make all the difference.”

I’ve been spending the past few days at Cape Cod with the rest of my senior class.  It’s a Holy Cross tradition and we’ve been having a great time celebrating on the beach.  Tonight, however, my friends and I finally had to say goodbye to a junior friend, and as we sat around crying and listening to sad music I realized why this was so hard – we had fallen in love.  Thanks to the incredible people at Holy Cross, we – I – have fallen in love, completely, honestly, and unendingly.

I’m not shy about my love for Holy Cross.  My first few posts show a young girl totally infatuated.  Every single day was filled with wonder and amazement and I was so grateful to even be allowed to walk around campus.  As I got older and (only a little) wiser, I came back down to earth.  I became very busy, my posts were short and banal, life went on.  And yet, I was still so grateful to even be allowed to walk around campus.  This year, though, I feel different.  I am still in love with Holy Cross, but it is a deeper, more mature love – the sustainable, comfortable, forever kind of love.  The kind of love that Fr. Arrupe was talking about:  “nothing is more practical than finding God, that is, falling in love in a quite absolute, final way.”  Now, I am someone looking forward to a bright and exciting future, blessed to have had the Holy Cross experience and graced with the knowledge that Holy Cross will never really leave me.

And as always, I’m still so grateful to even be allowed to walk around campus.

A week from today we will be donning our robes and walking across Fitton Field, officially becoming Holy Cross alumni.  This is a terrifying and heartbreaking transition – how can I leave this place and these people that I love so much?

Tonight, for the first time all year, I understand:  I can leave because I have fallen in love, and even though I’m no longer a student, I will stay in love, and it will make all the difference.

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