Serving Christ and Connecting Catholics in Western North Carolina
If you are like me, there are many nights when it can be very difficult to fall asleep. At least once a week or maybe even once a day, we may find ourselves in the midst of panic mode. You know that feeling: the rise of tension, the prickling on the neck, the deep breathing to try to calm ourselves, the churning of the stomach.
Every time I preach God’s Word as a priest, my hope is that it both affirms faith and moves those who are skeptical toward that gift. But as I do so, I often ask myself the question: What was it that moved me to faith in the first place? What was it about the story of Jesus in the Gospels that first moved my heart to believe in Him?