I have many plans and how I wish I could realise them all. If it pleases you, teach me to be patient and to wait. If it pleases you more, send some help. Read more

Once, we wanted to take a shortcut from San Jose to San Isidro. What seemed to separate the two towns was only a rice field. So a few of us city folk, with little idea of what the walk would entail, ambitiously set off, convinced it would be a short 100-metre journey. Instead, it became… Read more

Prayer is more than an obligation to check in with You. It is where I discern the good and the bad desires of my heart. It is where I learn to be open and honest with You. Read more

My mercy, human mercy, often begins with what I can do. Your mercy begins with who You are. Before I do anything today, even so much as speak, remind me that Your mercy is already at work. Read more

You are not distant and you do not call us to live alone. You gather us into one family. Honestly, I doubt I will get along with everyone. Give me the strength to live according to Your will. Read more