May 2013
“It’s what they don’t tell you when you start out: that things just blow until...”
– Ella Cerron
“[T]he world is too much with us, and we are too much with ourselves. We need...”
– George Santayana, “The Philosophy of Travel”
“I bet if we dusted her heart for fingerprints, we’d only find yours.”
– Rudy Francisco
“Marry your best friend. I do not say that lightly. Really, truly find the...”
– N’tima
“Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have...”
– Maya Angelou
“You will never know the fullness of Christ until you know the emptiness of...”
– Charles Spurgeon
“We, the women and men of the Church, we are in the middle of a love story: each...”
– Pope Francis
“You drag along like a bag of sand. You don’t do your share. And so it’s not...”
– St. Josemaría Escrivá
“Civilization is not to be judged by the rapidity of communication, but by the...”
– G.K. Chesterton
“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to...”
– Paulo Coelho; The Alchemist
“Great people do things before they’re ready. They do things before they know...”
– Amy Poehler
“I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”
– Albert Einstein
“Whatever you are, be a good one.”
– Abraham Lincoln
In times of tragedy, the world needs Christian... →
The latest column I have to share. I hope you enjoy!
Long time, no blog...
Hey! It’s been about a month since I’ve been on Tumblr regularly!
So here’s what you’ve been missing out on:
1- I finished student teaching!!! It was a very long and challenging three months, but I made it through somehow (by the grace of God) and it has also been one of the biggest times of learning and growth I’ve ever experienced in my life. I wouldn’t take even the roughest times of the...
“Nothing in this world was more difficult than love.”
– Gabriel Garcia Marquez
“It’s entirely conceivable that life’s splendor surrounds us all, and always in...”
– Kafka
“Think: we were made by love, for love.”
– Alan Garner; Red Shift
St. Josemaria’s 17 Signs of a Lack of Humility
1: Thinking that what you do or say is better than what others do or say
2: Always wanting to get your own way
3: Arguing when you are not right or — when you are — insisting stubbornly or with bad manners
4: Giving your opinion without being asked for it, when charity does not demand you to do so
5: Despising the point of view of others
6: Not being aware that all the gifts and qualities you have are on loan
7: Not acknowledging that you are unworthy of all honour or esteem, even the ground you are treading on or the things you own
8: Mentioning yourself as an example in conversation
9: Speaking badly about yourself, so that they may form a good opinion of you, or contradict you
10: Making excuses when rebuked
11: Hiding some humiliating faults from your director, so that he may not lose the good opinion he has of you
12: Hearing praise with satisfaction, or being glad that others have spoken well of you
13: Being hurt that others are held in greater esteem than you
14: Refusing to carry out menial tasks
15: Seeking or wanting to be singled out
16: Letting drop words of self-praise in conversation, or words that might show your honesty, your wit or skill, your professional prestige…
17: Being ashamed of not having certain possessions
“True love is love that causes us pain, that hurts, and yet brings us joy. That...”
– Blessed Mother Teresa
“In the story of the Prodigal Son, the son got about as far as the property line...”
– Matt Maher
“As long as we live in the world our life is a constant struggle between love for...”
– Francis Fernandez
“From Mary we learn to surrender to God’s Will in all things. From Mary we learn...”
– Blessed John Paul II
“The Catholic writer, in so far as he has the mind of the Church, will feel life...”
– Flannery O’Connor
March 2013
“Our Lord needs from us neither great deeds nor profound thoughts. Neither...”
– St Therese of Lisieux 