As Cait and I exchanged our wedding vows, her father lay dying from pancreatic cancer back in her family home.

Mientras mi novia y yo intercambiábamos nuestros votos matrimoniales, su padre yacía muriéndose.

La santidad representa la culminación de pequeñas decisiones.

Holiness represents the culmination of little daily decisions, actions, virtues and surrenders.

Raise your hand if someone in your family has fallen away from the faith in recent years.

Levante la mano si alguien en su familia, de 20 a 30 años, que alguna vez se crio como católico, se ha apartado de la fe en los últimos años.

The time spent planning, shopping, wrapping, and assembling is all worth it when they see the gifts.

El tiempo dedicado a planificar, comprar, envolver y recopilar vale la pena por los preciosos momentos.

Sainthood seems unattainable until you realize: all the saints were just like us, but with an unshakable faith they relentlessly pursued.

“¡Estás llamado a ser un santo!”

We are called to trust and believe what God has revealed about himself through sacred Scripture.

Estamos llamados a tanto confiar como creer en lo que Él ha revelado acerca de sí mismo.

Forgiveness is not optional in the life of a disciple.

El perdón no es opcional en la vida de un discípulo, pero eso no significa que sea fácil.

A menudo, cuando pensamos en la misión, alzamos nuestros ojos y examinamos el horizonte.

Often when we think about mission, our eyes lift and we scan the horizon.

What we look at has the power to change us. Our eyes are like portals to our imagination.

Lo que miramos tiene el poder de cambiarnos. Nuestros ojos son como portales a nuestra imaginación.

Man may forget his Creator or hide far from his face; yet the living and true God tirelessly calls each person.

We have access to a mind-blowing power – the force that spoke creation into existence.

Ultimately, the sacraments allow the faithful to enter the full life of Christ.

The Catechism of the Catholic Church doesn’t waste time proclaiming the core of our faith.