Father Corey Bruns has been an ordained Catholic Priest for almost three years. “He (God) always reminds me of his generosity and His mercy towards me,” Bruns said. “Anytime that I ever had a rough day in priesthood or trouble and said, you know, why am I doing this? Is this really what you called me to? Every single time that that thought comes up, it's usually within a couple hours, that I have some experience of either in confession with somebody who's been away from the Church for 20 years, or somebody who's had some tragedy and is meeting the Lord. And it's always just a sweet reminder of his love. I always find myself afterwards [and] I always kind of chuckle I say, ‘Okay, God, I'm shutting up.’”

Jamie Mueller (left), who has been homeless for around six months, and Corinthians Robinson, who's been homeless for almost five months, embrace during a memorial service for their friend, John Paul "JP" Yarborough, on the train tracks where he was struck in St. Louis, Mo. Mueller said she was the first person to find his body. "I knew he was struggling," Mueller said, "I definitely did. As we all are."

Portland Timbers goalkeeper James Pantemis (41), middle, dives past St. Louis City SC’s defender Anthony Markanich (13), right, and defender Joakim Nilsson (4), to save a goal during the first half of a game at CityPark stadium in St. Louis, Mo. The teams tied 0-0.

While receiving encouragement in the form of a scream from her coach, Baylee Lackey, right, Alpha Gamma Delta freshman Addileigh Wofford competes in a WKU Greek Week “Tug” competition, a tradition that has lasted over 50 years. The event is part of the week-long celebration of unity among the university’s fraternities and sororities.

The University of Toledo sideline celebrates what they thought was going to be an interception during a game against Western Kentucky University at L.T. Smith Stadium in Bowling Green, Ky. However, Toledo safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warre, 7, was unsuccessful in the attempt. WKU beat Toledo 26-21.

Misha Baskerville is comforted by a WKU student after a vigil held on WKU’s campus for her daughter, 21-year-old Ayanna Morgan, who was shot and killed in July outside of her apartment near the university.

After returning from her home in Bosnia, Dijana Muminovic spent months caring for her dying father, Kemal Muminovic, caring for him at his Bowling Green, Ky., home at first, then comforting him in the hospital in his final days. Kemal Muminovic was battling Stage four gastric cancer. “I just felt that I had completed my role and my mission through this caregiving process,” said Dijana Muminovic after her father died. “I really felt so proud. So fulfilled. It’s crazy to say, I'm not happy that my dad is gone. I wish, of course he lived longer to see us do things in life. But we also have to learn to accept that it's part of life, that death is normal, and whenever it comes, you have to consider it as your reality. And so I did.”

With flag in hand, Tim Crusoe of St. Louis, Mo., sits under the Gateway Arch in anticipation of the Fourth of July annual celebration at Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis. "I love Fourth of July. It's my favoritest holiday ever," Crusoe said.