Serving as a missionary family in Haiti has been one of the hardest things I have ever done. And in my human weakness and resisting to give it all over to the Lord, I sometimes want to leave.
I'm not sure why I can’t get a boyfriend and it's really been affecting my self-esteem lately. I've always wondered if maybe God knows I'm not ready to have one, or maybe guys just don't like me.
What we believe -- who we believe -- is Christ. Guard what has been entrusted to you and, with the help of The Catechsim, know what has been entrusted to you.
But every time I go to Him, expecting my past to disappear before my eyes, I am utterly disappointed.
When I applied to be a Summer Missionary at Covecrest, I knew I’d be working with high school students. It was the chainsaw that I didn’t expect.
I felt like there was no one around me willing to help me carry the burdens I was trying to hold.
At the end of the day, it’s not up to me to make the right “political” choice in that moment when I’m faced with a brother or sister who is hurting… it’s up to me to help protect life… and to love.
And because we’re here to help you, we want to briefly address five of the most challenging aspects of the Catholic dating world.
Jesus might be the answer to our problems and worries, but invoking the name of our Lord as a way to defend sinful actions, or even avoid responsibility for them all together, is never the right response.
