Hi, I'm Edward Sree, and welcome to all things Catholic, where real faith meets real life.

Have you ever had the experience going up a mountain on a gondola, one of those enclosed

aerial cable cars, you know, like a big and close ski lift?

I love these things.

Ever since I was a little kid, I remember having a chance to go on these, and I just had

a chance to do one recently while on pilgrimage, and you know, you get to know a city, you go

to a coffee shop, you use the restaurants, you're walking around, but when you get in the

gondola and you start going up, you start seeing the city from a different perspective.

You start noticing things.

You see how it all fits together, and you're looking ahead, you're looking upward to the

mountain, and you're seeing where you're going, and then you get to the very top, and

then you get out, and you get these beautiful vistas, an incredible perspective, a new perspective

on the city.

Here's my question for you.

Do you feel like you need a fresh perspective on your life right now?

You know, maybe like, maybe you've been going through a lot lately, or maybe there've

been a lot of changes in your life, or there's been a lot of stresses and pressures, and

you kind of feel like you just need to step out, you need a fresh perspective, or maybe

you've got some big decision on the horizon, and you have to discern something.

Maybe it's about a relationship, maybe it's about a job, maybe it's about something going

on in your family life, and you have to make a discernment, and you want to get better

perspective.

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