One recurring theme in my prayer during the Rome Experience has been surrendering to the Will of God. While many times it can seem easy to simply “surrender”, I have begun to see that it is in moments of trial and tribulation that God is calling us to submit to his Will in order to mold us more and more into His own likeness. In other words, trials are not given for their own sake, but are rather the very means by which God forms us into the saints He wants us to be. Fr. Ryan spoke of Servant of God Augustus Tolton, who would continually surrender to God in the difficulties of life.