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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn One of the great mysteries of life is understanding the motivations our own hearts. I can look at the sky, see the moon, and if it catches my fancy, look up all sorts of facts about it. I can know how big the moon is, what it’s made of, how […]

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn   Sometimes The Lord Knocks Us Off Our Horse Like St. Paul   More Resources On Conversion Stories

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “Therefore a certain Star has risen for us today: Our Lady, Saint Mary. Her name means Star of the sea; no doubt the Star of this sea which is the world. Therefore, we ought to lift up our eyes to this Star that has appeared on earth today in order […]

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn The bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them. – Confessions

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn From this point, nothing else seems lovely to me, but I have turned away from all things that were thought noble before. My judgment of what is noble no longer errs so as to deem anything lovely besides you: not human approval, not glory, not celebrity, not worldly power. For […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn “Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without, and I sought thee out there. Unlovely, I rushed heedlessly among the lovely things thou hast made. Thou wast with me, but I was not with […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Here [in the spiritual realm] birth is not the result of intervention from outside, as happens with bodily creatures who reproduce in an external way. Spiritual birth is the result of free choice and we are thus, in a sense, our own parents, creating ourselves as we want to be, […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn The Lord waits for us to respond day by day to his holy counsels by our actions. In fact the days of this life are given us as a respite to correct our errors, as the Apostle Paul says: ‘Do you not know that God’s kindness is meant to lead […]

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Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn When I was in my sins, it seemed a thing too bitter to look on lepers, and the Lord himself led me among them and I showed them mercy.  And when I left them, what had seemed bitter to me was changed into sweetness of mind and body. – St. […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn What is a state in life vs. what is a single vocation? Catholic singles often feel left out when the Church discusses vocations. This week Father George discusses what the difference is between being single as a vocation and being single as just a phase of life. Is Being Single […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn The moment when we start to ask and pray, “What is God calling me to do?” in regard to a religious vocation can be intimidating. However, discovering the vocation that God has intended for each of us is something marvelous. It’s truly wonderful… but that doesn’t mean it’s always easy […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Very few films have captured the cloistered life.  Typically, those who are vowed behind enclosure do not wish to have their life broadcasted to the world.  Perhaps the last popular film was Into Great Silence, and if memory serves, it took months, if not several years, to agree to it.   The next […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn Four years ago, my future seemed clear to me. I thought I’d spend my days living in small-town Minnesota and ministering to country parishes as their priest. I love my home state, and I love the people there very much, but God had other plans.   After leaving seminary, I struggled […]

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Gmail LinkedIn It was December 24th, 2019, and I was on my way to Rochester, Minnesota to serve at the Christmas Vigil Mass at our co-Cathedral for my Bishop, John Quinn. I showed up early to get things set up, but I was distracted like a teenage boy trying to clean his […]

Fr. Joe Rampino discusses the priesthood in the context of rural chapels.