Tag Archives: Scripture

God Speaks Clearly

By | February 9, 2013

God speaks clearly. Does He really? Just last night I had a conversation with one of my missionary sisters about this. We talked about how sometimes we wish that God would just speak more clearly: that He would tell us exactly what He wants of us, what He’s calling us to, and what He has planned for us. We know that there are many ways that God does show us these things, but sometimes it doesn’t seem very clear. Honestly, maybe it’s more common that we just aren’t listening. The reality

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Why You Should Pray Scripture Every Day

By | February 5, 2013

For some reason, when I started Middle School I decided to try out for the basketball team.  I was horrible at basketball.  I tried out in 7th and 8th grade with no success. As a Freshman in High School, I continued my pursuit of a basketball career.  Finally, I made the team, but it wasn’t because of my skill, it was because I worked the hardest in conditioning and wanted to be on the team more than anybody.  The coach saw something special in me and gave me the last spot on the team. How

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Seeing God

By | May 10, 2012

I have been praying to be able to simply look at the face of Christ, so the psalm from the third Sunday of Lent, “Lord, let your face shine upon us and we shall be saved” (Psalm 4:2), really meant something to me. Reading scripture, the popes, the saints, the liturgy – I feel like they all points towards this mysterious and real encounter with the face of Christ. For a while, I didn’t even know where to begin. God is beyond this world, not comprehensible to the human mind…

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Saint in the Making

By | March 25, 2012

Since our baptism, we were meant to be saints in the kingdom of heaven. I have been reflecting about people making comments on wanting to become saints. How does one become a saint? To become a saint, one must live a life of holiness. Many perceive that holiness is reserved only for priests and those in religious life. This is not true. No matter what vocation (single, married, or religious), we are called to live a life of holiness because Jesus Christ himself is holy. “Like obedient children,

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Ignorance of Christ

By | January 25, 2011

As I mentioned before, part of our outreach to the local community is running the youth groups at the two local parishes: St. Helena’s and St. Mark’s. When the missionaries returned from Christmas break, we had to create the schedule of topics for St. Mark’s youth group: every Sunday night from January through April. After realizing that many of the teens haven’t spent much time reading the Bible and/or don’t know a whole lot about the history of our faith, we decided to spend most of the semester

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