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My Heart Doesn’t Stop Beating

“I don’t understand!” A whiney voice from the back of the 12 passenger van. I turned around. I wasn’t sure what my 9 year old brother was talking about. “What is it, Isaiah?” 11 people. 12 passenger van. 7 hour … Continue reading

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Prepare our hearts

Christ is coming. We are already a good ways into advent. Time is flying. The readings today remind us of the urgency to prepare for our Lord. The days we have left, we need to find what is stopping God … Continue reading

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Bless-the-Baby-Jesus

Yesterday was our Bless-the-Baby-Jesus mass for the preschool. At the end of mass, all the children came up to the front of the Church and got ready to bless their baby Jesus figurines individually. It was then that we heard … Continue reading

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An open letter to goat cheese

Dear Queso de Cabra, It has been just over two months now that I have been here in Spain. There have been a whirlwind of emotions, adjustments and experiences.  Even though it hasn’t been easy, is has been very beautiful. … Continue reading

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“Is it shocking to be baptized?”

“Is it shocking to be baptized?” Well, I hadn’t thought about it in that way before. The 6th grader in front of me, already feeling a little spiritually overwhelmed, was trying to wrap her brain around sacrament of Baptism. She’d … Continue reading

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Seeds of leadership

“A good leader is one who is capable of bringing up other leaders. If a leader wants to lead alone, he is a tyrant. True leadership is fruitful. Each one of you has the seed of leadership.” – Pope Francis Photo: … Continue reading

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Wherever You Go

When I was a child, my mom always used to read me that story by Robert Munsch: “I’ll love you forever, I’ll like you for always, As long as I’m living my baby you’ll be.” (Robert Munsch, I’ll Love You … Continue reading

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roots

A couple days ago I visited my great Aunt, my grandmother’s sister. My grandmother passed away years ago, and I loved her dearly, so it was quite a treat for me to be able to see her little sister. For a … Continue reading

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things change

We are reminded, as we begin Advent, that we live in a world of change. Everything is changing around us and things just seem to happen too fast. It our search for securities we only find that all seems to … Continue reading

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Milestones in a Second Language

Milestone in a Second Language #1: Speaking in Spanish in a dream. They say you´re fluent when you dream in another language. Well, I´m definitely not fluent, so I´m definitely not consistently or completely dreaming in Spanish yet. But I … Continue reading

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