Monthly Archives: November 2012

I am Mexican, so this feast is a novelty for me. When I was growing up the only thing I knew about this holiday was: pumpkins, turkey and weird people in funny costumes (no offense to pilgrims intended!). I didn’t … Continue reading →

“I couldn’t be happier spending my life anywhere else – I love being here with Him,” Alie said. Alie Smith left the mountains of the West Coast and came to the Rhode Island to start a journey following her True … Continue reading →

“For a stalk to grow or a flower to open there must be time that cannot be forced; nine months must go by for the birth of a human child; to write a book or compose music often years must … Continue reading →

“You have read very good books, I am sure; there is an excellent book however, that never grows old; it is the one that God has written on every plant, on every grain of sand, in yourself; it is the … Continue reading →

As I ran through the fields, I stopped to catch a little breath. I noticed something, a moving black line below me. Ants! They carried little grass seeds bigger than they were, some carried them into the hole while others … Continue reading →

On Tuesday night, November 6, I woke up to a tapping on my shoulder; I had asked one of the consecrated who was staying up to watch the results of the election to wake me up when there was a … Continue reading →

“Virtue is nothing without the trial of temptation, for there is no conflict without an enemy, no victory without strife.”- Saint Leo the Great Behind every priest in the Legionaries of Christ, there is at least 14 years of seminary … Continue reading →

“Why does God always have to ask for more?” 17 year-old Gabriela Bondanza asked her spiritual guide, Lorenza, in complete frustration.  This was her second year as a Regnum Christi missionary, but felt that it wasn’t enough. “More? Like what?” … Continue reading →

What should distinguish a Catholic blog from a non-Catholic one? Is it that they talk about Catholic things? CNN’s religion section has a lot on Catholic news. Is it that they defend the Church? Maybe, but even atheists and Protestants … Continue reading →

“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide … Continue reading →