There were moments today when I felt filled with the presence of the Holy Spirit (and some when I didn't). I usually ask the Holy Spirit to guide me when I sing the Psalm at mass, and I have yet to be let down. Unfortunately, I am not as good at allowing the Spirit to fill me at other times--times when I do or say things that are not very Christian.
I hope that the graduates who were recognized today do better than I have when it comes to allowing the Holy Spirit to guide them. The ones that I know certainly demonstrate excellent Christian characteristics. It seemed fitting that we would celebrate their going out into the "real" world in the same mass when the disciples went out into theirs.