Confidence
With everything that is going on in the world today, we can often have our general confidence shaken. But there are many ways to develop and hold on to confidence. One way to cultivate confidence within ourselves is to practice. Practice? Yes! One can practice by thinking about and responding to questions that ask us why we believe what we believe.
What if God's plan isn't a perfect blueprint, but a relationship that continues even when we fail? Father Gene reflects on a God who doesn't abandon us when we fall short, but continually invites us forward with faith, hope, and love.
Growing up means carrying both the good and the mistakes that shaped us. Father Gene reflects on truth, confession, friendship, and the difficult journey of forgiving ourselves, reminding us that our mistakes may be part of our story—but they don't have to define it.