Through the positive influence of my brother, who experienced his own conversion after a missionary trip, I attended my first Catholic Mass and was drawn to the Holy Eucharist. I felt this mysterious calling to follow the Lord; to do the exact same thing the priest was doing for God’s people.

After being received into the Catholic Church, I continued to experience this call. Yet my perfectionism and guilt held me back. In conversation with my pastor, he encouraged me to not let past sins keep me from discerning a vocation. A few months later, I felt God calling me in a particular way to be a “slave of His mercy.” Providentially, on Divine Mercy Sunday, I was accepted into seminary. Now in my third year there, I continue to pursue God’s will for my life.