There are endless reasons to love our sweet Lord, Jesus Christ. He is, after all, the long-awaited messiah who was to deliver humanity from the horrid of original sin — death. As Christians, we recognize the value of a savior as we navigate through the history of salvation. And we are on the better side of history, as Christ has […]
The other day while in spiritual direction, my priest charmingly said three little words that have been on replay for the last couple of days: “You are wrong.” I don’t remember the conversation word for word, but I think it went something like this: The Holy Spirit had lately given me the grace to see how judgemental I could be […]
A few weeks ago, I was blessed with the opportunity to visit the Mercedarian Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in Ohio. I stayed at their formation house, where I met sisters in various stages of religious life, which was influential on my discernment process. I am so excited about writing this that I do not know how to organize my […]
I never would’ve thought to be one making recommendations on books, yet here I am. Growing up, I didn’t have that motivation for reading, neither external nor internal, that I see many Americans do. It’s one of the many cultural differences I noticed since moving to the United States. In the States, it is ubiquitous for schools to have reading […]
The other day I had a terrible dream — It was about possessed children. I woke up feeling scared, and I still had the taunting images present in my mind. As I regain awareness of my surroundings, I loosened my grip and noticed I was clinging to my rosary. While I rarely have dreams like that, I have had strange […]