When you get ordained to the priesthood, you know to expect a whole new set of awesome firsts. However, there are also those firsts that you don't know to expect.

In the following years, through formation as well as regular spiritual direction, I found the question of the life of a brother arising again and again within my prayer and reflection.

Is there a certain gift of the Holy Spirit that I know I lack, but would like to gain in order to serve those around me more full

Fr. Peyton shows us by his life that if we entrust our futures into the hands of the Blessed Mother she can use us to change lives in ways we could have never imagined on our own.

There is no failure the Lord's love cannot reverse, no humiliation He cannot exchange for blessing, no anger He cannot dissolve, no routine He cannot transfigure.