parish growing up helped me to form the ideal of becoming a priest which bit by bit became reality. I entered the National Seminary in Costa Rica at the age of 17. I felt the sincere desire to follow Jesus in

agreed, but forgot to inform the nun in charge of the home. At nightfall, when the young man tried to enter the place of worship, the nun who came to close the door refused him entry and he had to spend the

Christ first showed Himself to His mother. In fact, she, who at the Annunciation was the way He entered the world, was called to spread the marvellous news of the Resurrection in order to become the herald

a priest. For example, annual surveys of newly ordained priests consistently report that before entering the seminary over 70% of them regularly prayed the Rosary. Reflecting on my personal experience

sorrowful Mama does with Her soul that which She cannot do with Her Body, because She is prevented: She enters into You, makes the Will of the Eternal One Her own, and associating Herself in all your pains, performs

burning inside of me, like a divine fire that reached down to the utmost depths of my being. I then entered into the celebration of a God who takes his delight in me, as with the prodigal son. Three Hail Marys

I had become an alcoholic and reached my lowest point. I had lost my faith in 2003 and refused to enter a church. For me, God could not exist! How could he let me suffer so much? I lost my job several times

of that “fullness of time”(Gal 4:4) in which God, by choosing the humble path of human existence, entered personally into the history of salvation. That is why Jesus cannot be understood without his Mother

John was able to open his own shop; however after a mature reflection and much prayer, he decided to enter the priesthood. He left his career to be a pharmacist and began taking theological formation courses

to each other to go and visit her also. They went towards the place where the dying maiden lived, entered a small cottage, and there found her lying upon a little straw. They saluted her, and she said to