Semantics (A Seminarian Blog)

St. Joseph’s life wasn’t perfectly structured to do the most efficient work. As a result, he was able to be open to God’s work, and God turned him into a great man and a great saint.

Seminarians studying to be priests in America can learn much from the examples and lives of these American saints.

In opening ourselves up to more of the vulnerabilities that life with less technology allows, we find ourselves more deeply immersed in the lives of others.

It was great to get to know these students better and see in my heart a desire to be a priest in the lives of these students. I saw that I could be a spiritual father for them.

Living amidst this constant Marian environment that the seminary fosters has been and continues to be a great blessing.

As a husband and wife withhold nothing from each other, I want to give everything over to the Lord in fidelity to him.

The Lord is present in the real people around us, and that is where he invites us into relationship with Himself.

What kept me going on the bike was not the desire to say that I had completed the ride, but the feeling of gratitude for being in God’s creation.

For Karol, it became clear that the events of time can only be seen through the lens of eternity and time’s longing for fulfillment in Eternal Life.

Being a sacristan has helped me enter into the reality of what is really happening on the altar during Mass: the re-presentation of the Crucified Christ on Calvary.