So just to set the record straight (since some have been speculating or asking indirectly behind my back), I did not leave the seminary for
“The Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them out ahead of him, in pairs, to all the towns and places he himself was to visit.”
So today it hit me so hard (like a tonne of bricks!) that I might be single for the rest of my life. Spouseless and
After one sex scandal after another involving clergy has broken out, it has been proposed that since the hierarchy cannot be trusted to weed out
I began my discernment journey 11 years ago with these two words that kept coming up in prayer, but I wasn’t sure what it really
“When he was in Bethany reclining at table in the house of Simon the leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of perfumed oil,
Recently I learned a hard lesson. It was a concept that I knew was coming, as people close to me had informed me of the
One of the most insidious and harmful ideas that mothers labor under is the idea that we can raise flawless children. Rationally we know this
Dear Future Husband, I wonder what you are doing at this moment. Are you studying for finals? Maybe you’re chatting with friends, or are laughingly lost in
After having been curious for so many years about how it is to experience a Chrism Mass, I finally got a chance to attend one.
It has been a crazy past few months here. I have been facing the usual high school senior dilemmas regarding the “afterlife”, so to speak,
I remember I was walking down the hall one Sunday afternoon, after a very hectic lunch. On the third floor of the Mullen Home for
I once read an article where the author questioned the social convention of introducing people by their name and occupation. She pointed out that it
I am late writing this blog because I have been busy this week. I am almost always busy, but this week is busier than most
“A man fell victim to robbers as he went down from Jerusalem to Jericho. They stripped and beat him and went off leaving him half-dead.”
This is a post about a Spanish Jesuit priest, who, according to his superior, “is a mediocre preacher and hears confessions and is fit for
All you who have been baptized into Christ / Have put on Christ. Saint Melito of Sardis writes, “In Abel he was slain, in Isaac
For all eternity we will be with God, so we should accustom ourselves to his presence. If we want to attain heaven, we must train
When Pope Francis issued his post-synodal apostolic exhortation, Amoris Laetitia, the mainstream media and major Catholic websites were all over it, highlighting the broad structure of
On the First Easter Sunday, Jesus appeared to the Apostles and said, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send
In the Parable of the Talents, Jesus calls us to be good stewards of the gifts we’ve been given, to grow and develop the skills
