I have an embarrassing confession to make. Before I entered consecrated life, I was a non-practicing Catholic who does not know well about our Church and her catechism. It is a long story to tell. To put it simply, I was not well catechized. And now that I am a Marist Brother, I need to start from the basics like sacraments, liturgy, and the scriptures.
It is not that I do not know the rites; I just do not understand a lot of things on how or why we do them.
It is not that I do not know the gospel; I just realized that there is a lot of things that I need to know about the scriptures.
I need to know.
I need to understand.
These are just the steps I have to take to go to the mountain of the Lord.
Marami pa talaga akong kakaining bigas.
(It will be a long journey.)
Br. Allen 
Laking Catholic school ako, yet when I’ve read stories like The Da Vinci Code and the likes, my faith was shaken. I am not proud of it, pero kapit lang.
Ako rin laking Catholic school kaso sa religion teacher nashake ang faith ko. Pero when I look back now, that’s in a good way. Nastrengthen pa nga e.
Patawa ka, bro. Allen…seriously, natawa ako sa teacher mo. Hahaha! Winner. 🙂