As I’ve shared with you before, I was introverted in High School, and I still am, of course, but because I was introverted, I didn’t ask many girls out. I was too shy and was scared of rejection to try it that often. However, there was one instance when I invited a girl to the … Continue reading Judged by our Internal Acts
I haven’t done much cooking, but I do remember one instance in my life that I did cook a gumbo, by myself and just with a recipe a friend gave me. I was at a small summer program, and we had limited food options on the weekends, so I decided to cook gumbo for the … Continue reading The Seasoning of the Earth
As you may know, last weekend, I was on the march for life. A phrase that we constantly used throughout this trip was. “what do we want? A culture of life. How do we get it? Prayer and sacrifice.” In many ways, this phrase was lived out during our trip. For me, one of the … Continue reading Mary’s Suffering
Homily Recording on the Way. Hopefully by Friday As a part of my formation in the seminary, I would get evaluated. Every year I would have an evaluation that I would fill out myself, and the faculty and staff too would fill out. Part of this included meeting with what we call a formation advisor. … Continue reading God’s Label of us
One of the Christmas presents that I remember the most was when I was younger. I don’t remember how old I was, but when I woke up Christmas morning, I saw there was a bike in the living room, and it had my name on it. It wasn’t wrapped because it would be to difficult … Continue reading The Greatest Gift of Christmas
I can’t believe that Christmas is a mere three days away! Something else comes to my mind when I think of the coming of Christmas and my own life. That is those final few days that led up to my ordination to the priesthood. It was the hoped-for day that I had been waiting for … Continue reading Last Few Days Before Christmas
I remember as a child, I would struggle to sleep the night before Christmas. I knew that when I woke up, there would be good things for my family that Santa brought and for me. However, my parents told me that I had to wait till at-least 7 am before I came out of my … Continue reading Waiting for the Good
