A few months ago, I was blessed to pray with a girl I had babysat for years as she prepared to receive her First Communion. She was nervous and did not want to do it, which broke my heart because it showed the poor catechism she was receiving. She had no idea how special that moment would be, but God […]
What an interesting question. Today’s society says an empowered woman is independent and doesn’t care about the patriarchal demands of the world. The new wave of feminism says that men are nonessential to a woman’s life. But how can that statement stand if women would not continue to exist without the role of men? This new idea of feminism claims […]
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 […]
It wasn’t until a few years ago that I began to listen to Worship songs, AND I’ve since realized that I’ve been missing out big time! Well, sort of. Growing up Catholic in Mexico, I knew there was a clear distinction between music or chants done at church and secular music at parties and radio. I had never thought that […]