Pilgrim's Feet

 Hello everyone! It sure has been a while since last I posted (I'm started to detect a theme here... 😜). I am back at university and boy have things been busy! But a good busy. However, rather than give you an update on how I've been, I wanted to share this thought with you: Small acts of charity (such as holding the door open for someone, or buying your family member or friend whose had a rough day their favorite treat) and sacrifice (such as eating what's served at the cafeteria rather than buying take-out or not buying a pumpkin spice latte) act as leaven in the world and help to order all things according to God's Will. In this way, then, not only do our lives become one continual prayer and offering to God (which reminds me of Opus Dei) but we are also fulfilling our duty as lay people in the Church according to Lumen Gentium.  This is something I have been thinking about recently, and I thought I'd share. And so, let's go leaven it up! Until next time!  A...

Hello! As promised, here is how I'll be celebrating some of my favorite feasts during the month of August! It may look a little sparse, but as things will be a bit different for me this academic semester and I'm not sure how busy I'll be, I decided to try and keep it as low-key as I could to ensure as much as possible that I still celebrated. Also, while this list does not show the feasts that my family and I may celebrate earlier in the month, it does show all the ones that I'll be commemorating back at college. And so, without further ado, here's the list: Monthly Devotion - The Immaculate Heart of Mary August 14th - Saint Maximillian Kolbe: Read about St. Maximillian's life and offer up a Rosary for all those he is the patron Saint of. Watch "Life for Life: Maximillian Kolbe" on FORMED (if possible) and sacrifice something for someone else today in imitation of Saint Maximillian. August 15th - The Assumption (Holy Day of Obligation) + Start of 54 Ro...

Hello everyone! Not only has it been awhile since I wrote last, but for this post, I wanted to keep things a bit lighter. So much is happening in our world that it might seem as if finding peace and joy amidst it all is impossible, but, as always, what is impossible for us is possible for God. And as a dear friend once told me, the peace that comes from God does not keep us from experiencing bad or unfavorable things, rather the peace comes in those very moments through us knowing that He is in control and is there and is our loving and merciful Father. And so, with that as the only referral to these times of ours, let me update you a bit on the happenings in these neck of the woods. July has been busy, no doubt, but great! My family and I have gone to Mass two weeks in a row and will be going again this Sunday! Words cannot describe how wonderful it was to be back, and it is a gift for which I am grateful every day.  July is also our "birthday month" and while we weren't...

There is a lot of evil in our world today. So much that I often find myself at a loss about what to do, and often become fearful and discouraged. However, while it may seem that all the evil is too much for us to overcome (because it is), it is NOT too much for God. For where sin abounds, grace abounds all the more (Romans 5:20). And while things may seem hopeless, they are NOT hopeless for God for He can do all things (Luke 18:27). And what is more, He has told not to fear, for He has already overcome the world (John 16:33). Therefore, we are fighting a battle that has already been won for us by our God. And while this in no way gives us an excuse not to fight for Him, it should by all means give us hope and courage. Yet what can we do? As I said, there is so much evil out there. One simple thing I believe everyone can do, even the smallest of children, is to pray the Rosary. Saint Padre Pio said that it is the weapon for our times, and Sister Lucia who was one of the three children...

It has been over three months since I last went to Mass. I miss it more than anything, and I cannot wait until the day I am able to go back. However, in the meantime, if you are like me, you may be wondering where all the good is in the fact that we're not able to go. This is exactly what I said to Jesus a few weeks ago one morning when my heart was aching with longing to return to Mass. I asked Him where the good in all this was, and that I couldn't see it. I told Him I couldn't imagine any good could come from this, because what's better than the Mass? After I finished somewhat passionately (yet honestly) pouring my heart out to Him, this hit me all of a sudden: For the Apostles, on Good Friday, what good did they see in it? They didn't see any good in Jesus' Passion and Death. They couldn't imagine any good could come from it. And yet, on Good Friday, we were given the greatest gift of all: Christ's victory over sin and death. Furthermore, without Goo...

A few weeks ago, I was struggling hard . So hard, in fact, that I told Jesus the truth: I'm not happy. I told Him that I had this vision for my life - ideal, perfect, and happier than I was at that moment - and one thing came to me: I have the life He blessed me with and I must make the most out of that instead of wishing for a different one. This was reinforced a few days later by my reading of that one moment in The Fellowship of the Ring where Gandalf tells Frodo when the latter says (about the rise of the evil Sauron), "I wish it need not have happened in my time" that "[S]o do all who live to see such times. But this is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us ..." How true is this?! It helped to encourage me and I hope it encourages you as well! And while this time is hard, we can still make the most of it. For, after all, God gave it to us for a reason and as I said in my last post, "that to th...