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I used to be afraid of ghosts, it helped me to trust in God.

I used to be afraid of ghosts, it helped me to trust in God.

by An Nguyen Vu, SJ | Aug 17, 2022 | Art, Prayers, Spirituality    ~ Approx. 4 mins

The world of my childhood was a very enchanted one, where the supernatural seemed ready to jump out at you around every corner. To the six-year-old me, it was a mysterious and scary place. It didn’t exactly help that the house that we lived in was purportedly haunted....

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Families are our first school of love. Ty Wahlbrink, SJ reflects that God could have chosen any way to enter the world—but God chose to have a family. Based on the readings for the Feast of the Holy Family.

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