“And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it done to me according to thy word.” (Luke 1:38). Me, during the 2018 Rosary nove...

Three days. I'm three days away from the end of my self-imposed digital detox month and I'm utterly dreading it. I mean, techn...

It's official... I'm in love! No, this is no clickbait title. I truly am  in love. I'm in "thinking only about them a...

Yes, I know -- I still have a week to go before my digital detox month is up and I can return to social media. However, next week is loo...

Just before I started this blog post, I almost broke down crying. Why? Because I'm overwhelmed and burnt out. Hearing text messages ...

"This is my Chrismas/birthday gift to you, baby Jesus. I'm letting go, once and for all." With those uttered words, I to...

Holding my blessed Benedictine Oblate scapular, right after the novitiate ceremony. Yesterday, I mentioned my goal of learning the Final...

Seeing (no pun intended) how I can't always write a lot due to my current eyesight problems, I decided to start a new way of sharing...

Picture after the Oblate novitiate ceremony and scapular investiture; this marked the official beginning of my novitiate. This morning, ...

Well, I tried... and it didn't work. I am "back" in the sense that I've returned to this blog and have shut down the...

"God alone is my rock and my salvation, my fortress; I shall not fall..." (Ps 62:7, NABRE) These were the first words I read...