Rogelio Betancourt

As I reflect on everything I lost such as my anxiety and fear, among many other things, I found the Lord has called me by name to do things greater than I.

I grew up in a Catholic household and was forced to go to Church. As I got older I never wanted to go or make time for the Lord. Slowly drawing away from what was most important, I always felt that something was missing but never decided to figure out what that was. Now, I can say what that was; the Lord our God.
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Once arriving on campus I decided to explore my faith and started going to a Protestant church, but it never felt right to be there. Still open about my faith, I was invited to a rosary group and later invited to the Newman Center. I decided to go to Confession after being at Newman some time and I have never felt so at peace. "Confession is the greatest exorcism," said Msgr. Rossetti. Confession is a major key to acknowledge that we aren’t perfect which is why we were given the sacrament of Confession.
The Newman Center has had a tremendous impact on my growth as a follower of Christ. I never used to pray with faith, but rather with the wrong mentality or wrong intentions, seeking to only give me pleasure or to gain things; for example "only if I had this I would be happy", but that is so far off.

As I reflect on everything I lost such as my anxiety and fear, among many other things, I found the Lord has called me by name to do things greater than I. I am only a tool and, just like a hammer needs a human to work, I am the tool to try and bring others to heaven and the Lord is the Shepherd. Without the Lord I am nothing. Just a hammer sitting on a table.