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 […]
How many times have you asked, “why do bad things happen to good people?” Maybe you’ve asked it based on personal experience. But whatever the case might be, it is a question often blinded by emotions. The other day I read the first chapter of the letter to the Philippians, which brings much light to the question. In verses 12-16, […]
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 […]
These past couple of weeks, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to learn more about our faith. However, St. Ignatius of Loyola’s spiritual exercises, more specifically, contemplative prayer, kept coming up. I had never heard of such a thing, but what a lovely gift this information was. Isn’t it breathtaking to see how God knows the perfect time to place […]