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By: Marko Rudela


One recurring theme in my prayer during the Rome Experience has been surrendering to the Will of God. While many times it can seem easy to simply “surrender”, I have begun to see that it is in moments of trial and tribulation that God is calling us to submit to his Will in order to mold us more and more into His own likeness. In other words, trials are not given for their own sake, but are rather the very means by which God forms us into the saints He wants us to be.

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By: Miguel Cabrera


One of the things that is being emphasized on the Rome Experience and during our Silent Retreat is the importance of Mental Prayer. There are many different forms of prayer, and they are all good. But what is it about mental prayer that makes it so important? When it comes to other forms of prayer, such as the rosary, scriptural meditation, or spiritual reading, we are often reciting memorized prayer or reading something. In other words, our prayer is coming from something that is outside of us.  

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By: Deacon Francis Kim


In his homily on May 18, 2014, Pope Francis said the following regarding the first seven deacons of the Church (emphasis are mine): “[These] deacons will provide for the service of the tables for the poor. These seven men are not chosen because they are experts in business, but because they are honest men of good repute, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom; and they are established in the service through the imposition of hands by the Apostles.”

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