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Speaking in Tongues: A Language Learner's Guide
Published on 2012-01-10 12:32:00
Last Saturday I helped promote the French studies program to 8th graders at my alma mater, Stagg High School. It is no secret that behind my exterior of a mild-mannered seminarian and college student lies an avid language lover. Whether they be written or spoken, words excite me, especially ones from different tongues. A language lover tends to speak a variety of languages, much to the envy of others who are amazed when the former can carry a conversation in French whe
Happy National Vocations Awareness Week!
Published on 2012-01-09 09:58:00
"We heard a summons to give over our lives in a more explicit way. It was a call to serve all people, believers and unbelievers alike. We would serve them out of our own faith that the Lord had loved us and died for us and risen for us and that He offers us a share in his life, a life more powerful and enduring than any sin or death. It was a call that came to us from without, but also one that arose up within us, as from His Spirit."Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy Cross (1:3-4)Please
Praying with Purpose
Published on 2012-01-08 03:05:00
Ever since the beginning of the second week of break, my sleep schedule has been a bit off. Last night I managed to climb into bed at 9:45 PM only to get up again since I had forgotten to say compline and matins. After an hour or so, I went back to bed, slept for three hours and woke up. Since I couldn’t revert back to sleep, I resolved to stay up and pray lauds and prime at 6 AM, which was quite a feat for someone who had been waking up recently as late as 5 PM…&
