I was born and raised in a culture, a country and in a family that not only honor, but rewards those who are...
Series: Charism of AVI
Thanksgiving
When I was a kid, my mom used to set up an empty cradle for Baby Jesus on our dining room table at the beginning of...
Holy Initiative
From the time I started discerning with the Apostles of the Interior Life, and even to this day, two words have always...
True Joy
Raise your hand if you want to be happy. Fully, completely happy. I see many raised hands, maybe because after all,...
Mary, Queen of Apostles
“As a woman, as a baptized person, as a consecrated person, and as an apostle, the Apostle of the Interior Life in...
Friendship
I had just joined the community and I was filled with joy and enthusiasm, learning my way through the daily schedule...
His hand on mine
“It wasn’t easy to go to confession that day. I was twenty-two years old, and despite the fact that time has passed...
Offertory: “You have changed my mourning into dancing”
A little more than two years ago, I was molded by a life-changing experience. “Brother pain” as St. Francis would say,...
Jesus’ Way
I was eighteen when on a chilly December morning I entered a church in Rome before going to class. A Mass was going on...
Missing my flight: A story of Providence
It was a warm February morning and Sr. Kalin and I were at the Houston Airport on our way to New York for a conference...
Do This in Memory of Me
“Do this in memory of me.” These are the words Jesus spoke to His apostles during the Last Supper. In the hours...
The Logic of Paradox
“But I tell you the truth, it is better for you that I go. For if I do not go, the Advocate will not come to you. But...