The Story of My ConversionPart III: Ages 11 to 14“I turn to consider the boy I once was in order, finally, to describe the man I am now. I remember what was so grievously lost to define what was necessarily gained.”Richard Rodriguez in his autobiography Hunger of MemoryThis is the post that may peg me as a prude and an idealist. It’s true—I am … [Read more...]

The Story of My ConversionPart II: The Age of Reason Subtitled: “Smoking, Stealing and Sins against the Sixth Commandment”You were within me, but I was outside, and it was there that I searched for you. In my unloveliness I plunged into the lovely things which you created. You were with me, but I was not with you. Created things kept me from you; … [Read more...]

The Story of My Conversion“O happy fault, O necessary sin of Adam, which gained for usso great a Redeemer!” Saint AugustineI have been dragging my feet about telling this story and so I am … [Read more...]