Sick-day Sabbath

By: Gabriela Yareliz Today, I am anti-social and sick. I feel better than I did last night. I hope this is as bad as it gets, because believe me, at school the last two rows of my property class are like the cloud of death. Everyone sneezing and coughing. I have been taking weird concoctionsContinue reading “Sick-day Sabbath”

Echa pa’lla

By: Gabriela Yareliz Today, it looked like sunset all day in NYC. Not a pretty sunset, but darkness. The positive was it was 50 degrees. School starts tomorrow; some things have gone amazingly; other things haven’t exactly gone as planned, it doesn’t mean they aren’t working out but it isn’t what I had in mind…Continue reading “Echa pa’lla”

It came upon the midnight clear

By: Gabriela Yareliz This may be a bit cryptic and philosophical, but I will share anyway. (And now worries, it has nothing to do with my fabulous law school.) I think everyone has something that tries to trap them. Something that has been a part of one’s plan or hope maybe one’s entire life; whetherContinue reading “It came upon the midnight clear”

Speak

Speak, O Lord, as we come to You To receive the food of Your Holy Word. Take Your truth, plant it deep in us; Shape and fashion us in Your likeness, That the light of Christ might be seen today In our acts of love and our deeds of faith. Speak, O Lord, and fulfillContinue reading “Speak”

Providence

By: Gabriela Yareliz From the Merriem-Webster Dictionary: Providence: noun \ˈprä-və-dən(t)s, -ˌden(t)s\ 1 a]often capitalized:divine guidance or care b]capitalized: God conceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny D] It is written Jamal Malik: “Maybe it’s written”. Slumdog Millionaire (2008).   For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saithContinue reading “Providence”

Great Expectations

By: Gabriela Yareliz Sometimes in life we feel God disappoints us. We feel things aren’t going the way we wanted them to. Lately, I’ve been getting a lesson here. Sometimes we feel disappointed because our plans don’t align with God’s plans. I heard a speaker at Advent Hope talk about how we need to takeContinue reading “Great Expectations”