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Fighting for Vulnerability

By | October 11, 2012

I hate sharing. I hate being open. I hate talking about my feelings. I hate being vulnerable. Today, at daily Mass, Christ showed me something. As I sat in the church for a few moments before Mass started, the priest came out to prepare everything. When he opened the tabernacle to count the hosts, I bowed my head because, as I thought to myself then, Jesus was exposed. After I thought that, I started to think about what it really means to be exposed. When we are in adoration of the Blessed

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God Redeems, Restores, and Transforms

By | May 23, 2012

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My embrace with the Father was restored in Adoration at the Life Teen Women’s Retreat a few weeks ago. At the beginning of my missionary formation year, I realized how tainted my relationship with the Father was. As we reflected on the Father’s love through the parable of the prodigal son, we placed ourselves in the parable as the son and let ourselves be embraced by the Father in a time of quiet reflection. Except, I wouldn’t let the Father even touch me. Having been through a lot of pain

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Single This Valentine’s Day? Rejoice!

By | February 13, 2012

Seeing the “happy” couples around Valentine’s Day, I used to think, “I wish I had someone special!” This year is different for me: I am happy with being single, and it’s awesome! The society we live in makes us feel like our worth is found in relationships, in material things, or in what we successfully accomplish. However, thankfully we are worth a lot more than that.  The truth is simple, yet so hard to believe sometimes. My worth does not come from what anyone else thinks of me,

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