Hills and Valleys

Have you ever felt like you’ve hit rock bottom? Like your life couldn’t get any worse? I’ve felt this way probably two times in my life if we’re talking rock rock bottom. Now I’m not going to waste my time dwelling upon these things. We all have hardships in life. Pain, sadness, suffering – it’s…

Unwavering Identity

As the New Year approaches, I found myself starting to reflect on my identity of self.  Over the past year I have realized that I define myself by the sports I play, the grades I get, and the school I go to.  As the New Years approaches, I have started to reflect more on my…

The Stone of Condemnation

I’m sure we’ve all been to a Mass before and had a priest’s whose homily is just not sticking with us.  Right? I mean who hasn’t? Well today, my church had a priest from a different town come visit our parish. He was a lot different from our parish priests in the way he talked,…