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Pray with Boldness

By | July 21, 2012

“Lord, break my heart for what breaks Yours.” Praying boldly is hard knowing that you might be led somewhere out of your control and to places you didn’t expect or feel like going. Saying, ”I will go wherever you send me” or “I surrender” takes a lot of courage. I still have a hard time boldly praying these prayers. If we really want to give it all, that is what we are called to do in the Christian life. So slowly, I have begun to pray, ”Humble me so that others might be exalted” and “I surrender”

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Why So Quiet?

By | February 28, 2012

At the beginning of January, all of the first year missionaries went on an eight-day silent retreat. This retreat was very challenging for me, but God moved in ways that I would’ve never expected Him to. I realized how much humor God and I have in our relationship, whether it was through contemplations on scriptures or playing catch by myself out at the wiffle ball field. He hit me upside the head with a baseball bat – not literally, but He made me realize how I had been shying away from all the

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Missionary’s Risk

By | January 12, 2012

For Christmas, I was able to go home for the first time since our formation year at Covecrest began in September. I was so excited to go home and see my family, and it was great. I have a great relationship with my family, so it was truly a blessing to be able to spend two weeks with them. I got to go to midnight Mass on Christmas Eve with my mom at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis, which was celebrated by Archbishop Sheehan. (Definitely the coolest mass I’ve been to in a while!) I got to

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