“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...

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 ...

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, ...

This past Saturday I opened up a GoFundMe account to help raise the Oblate novitiate trip funds. I exhausted all other options and had ...

“Are you crying because you want to do God’s will or you want God to do your will?” That's what St. Frances of Rome's confesso...

It's official! I know where I will begin my Oblate novitiate in a couple of months! I'm so very excited!! I had done the St. Ben...

Happy traditional feast of St. Benedict! I finished the novena for his intercession last night... but I won't tell you what I asked ...

It took me a week and a half to update this blog because I've been trying to embrace the silence in my life, including that which com...