The first moments of my life were filled with God’s sanctifying grace already at work within me. Through the Sacrament of Baptism, I received the faith handed down to me by my parents, but more important, I received the blueprint for the life the Lord had created me to live. My journey of faith had begun, and I was falling deeply in love with the Lord and His Church. Throughout my childhood years, the seed of my vocation was nourished and watered through the power of the Holy Spirit, thus enabling me to enter a unique relationship with the Lord. …