Faith

As I sit here tonight, thinking about how one week ago I was attending mass at the cathedral in Seoul, and looking around me and thinking how global religion is. Faith is such a worldwide, international language and no matter where you are, you'll find it, some form of religion and prayer, some form of faith. No matter how far you search, you will always find the call of prayer. For me, it took me a while to find my faith again after I grew up with it, after I had to make the decision on my own. But now in my life, my faith holds so dear to my heart and so often, my faith is what soothes me these days. It's that few hours a week, sitting in mass, in a place where only prayer and peace reign, that makes me wonder how I could ever doubt it. And while there are things that a human church on earth may get wrong, it is the power of faith and prayer and devotion that carry us believers through our lives. It's knowing that while there is nothing we can prove, it's the power of faith and prayer that makes us who we are and that makes our hearts grow each and every day.

It's the peace we feel in a mass, in prayer or in devoted time. It's the faith in our souls, and the faith is the church that pull us through those moments when we need a little bit extra. And no matter where you are in the world, there will be religion and faith and prayer, because without it, we'd be more lost than we are.