A little while ago, I wrote a blog about simplifying my life and about how the simple things in life truly matter. I talked about how I’m beginning to enjoy and appreciate the little things in life. But I’m starting to think of other little things, and just how much the little things matter. The little things that I’ve begun to think more about are the little things in our Christian lives that we skip over and think of as unimportant or just think that they don’t matter that much. Just last week,

I have been a Eucharistic Minister before, but coming into a new diocese, it turns out I have to be trained within the diocese before being able to serve. And I thought, “oh, well that sucks!” And shrugged off this service I have been doing. But now, having the opportunity to be trained made me grow into a greater desire to become a Eucharistic Minister. I now see the “ministry” in Eucharistic Ministry.A ministry?Yes, let’s begin with the the “Eucharist” in Eucharistic Ministry. What is the

Dominic is this 75 year old man who was here on retreat with a parish this weekend and he said, in his opinion, that people no longer fight for anything, they give up so easily. Another couple who had been married for 65 years was asked in an interview “How did you do it?” and the husband responded that “In my days, when something was broke we didn’t throw it away”.  The more I thought about these comments; I realized how true it is. How often do I take the easy way out just because

This is an exciting time to be Catholic. Many may think this is a dark time for the Church but the Church is in the light. I think Pope Benedict made such a humble decision knowing that due to his health he cannot be at his best to guide the Church. Here are 2 of my favorite quotes from him:   “Dear friends, Truth is not an imposition. Nor is it simply a set of rules. It is a discovery of the One who never fails us; the One whom we can always trust. In seeking truth we come to live by belief

What does it mean to say YES? This has been the question that has been encompassing my every thought. I’ve been writing the word YES on my hand everyday for the past few weeks. When I don’t want to wake up in the morning, or love someone in my community the way they deserve to be loved then I glance down at my hand and remember. But, am I really going to take all that comes with a YES? I’m finding out slowly what my YES to Life Teen Missions means. For me it means: Loving when I’m tired, Taking

I am a Missionary. I’ve committed to two years being a missionary with Life Teen Missions. For me that meant leaving my home country of Germany again and moving to the middle of nowhere, to a place called Covecrest. I am blessed to live in a Catholic community and to be able to serve our community. One of the things we do is meeting people from our neighborhood. We just knock on their doors and talk with them. Often they are a bit lonely or they can’t leave their homes because they have