Author Archives: Kaitlin Byrne

Alright, I am having a serious block on what to write about.  I have such a desire to tell you all about what God is doing in my heart but when I try to put it in words that will make sense, I fail.  Sure in my journal I can understand what the heck I am talking about but trying to relay that to people I don’t even know is difficult.  So instead I’m going to tell you about a really cool experience I had just the other day As missionaries this year, we have an awesome opportunity to help out at

For six months now I have been praying for a boy named Joseph Stanton.  He is a senior from Kingwood, Texas (close to Houston) who was in a horrible skateboarding accident in the beginning of June.  I knew nothing about him other then his name, accident and hometown.  I fervently prayed for him though.  I felt such a conviction to pray for him probably more than I had many other prayer requests.  I even wrote a “J” on my thumb in order to always be reminded to pray for him.  I never could have

” When we look at the wise, they die; fool and dolt perish together and leave their wealth to others…for when they die they will carry nothing away.” Psalm 72 I am an extremely wealthy person.  I have a wealth that no job or this world could ever provide.  I am rich with Love that comes straight from my Father in heaven manifested through contemplation, my surroundings, relationships, but most deeply in my heart.  I have no great collection of items to leave behind by this worlds standards

A topic that we have been talking about in these first weeks of missionary training is the art of being human.  One night, all the girls got together and cooked a meal while being taught how to prepare a meal and how to be good hosts. At first, I was really confused why we were doing that.  Cooking had nothing to do with my spiritual growth so why was I concerned with making a ricotta pesto pasta?  Well Kristen, an amazing missionary and woman of God, taught us that when we are so focused on our

Lately my heart has been literally aching/yearning for the Lord whether it be in mass, adoration, prayer, everyday activities, I just long for Him.  I realized the other day that this is a beautiful place to be.  Having a constant ache for Him has made it so that I want to do everything for Him, in Him, and with Him.  I want my actions, words, prayers, community life to be completely driven by Him. I love feeling this way because it is a reminder to me of when I am not acting as Christ like as

I was fortunate to get to go to mass at my old church this morning.  The church is also connected to my old elementary school and this morning the first and second grade classes came to mass.  We heard in Acts today the story of St. Paul’s conversion and commissioning to preach the Good News.  Our amazing pastor, Msgr. Tally, really engaged the kids druing his homily.  He asked the kids “who is suppose to tell the Good News?”  without hesitation they all yelled “US! We are!”  Some kids even

Tomorrow 32,999 people and I will be running the Country Music Half Marathon in Nashville, Tennessee.  I am so excited that I woke up this morning at six just so I could prepare myself even more for tomorrow (Stretching, drinking water, etc.) (Actually I was just really excited to get going!!!)  I have never run in a race bigger than a 5k before but I am surprisingly not nervous.  Running has become such a form of prayer for me while I have been training that I know God is with me every step

Alright so I know I have said this before but God is still working on me.  I feel very strongly that God has been calling me to be more intentional with my words, to really think before I talk.  Its been hard, very hard.  But I am becoming more aware of the words I say that do not necessarily build anyone up or myself.  I read in Luke today, “Whoever listens to you listens to me” (Lk 10:16). If people are going to be listening to the words that come out of my mouth than I must be preaching the