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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Blessed Virgin Mary | Fourth of July | God Bless America | pray the rosary
As our nation prepares to celebrate its 250th birthday, Tina Mayeux explains the origins of the Immaculate Conception as Patroness of the United States. Our family lives near Mobile Bay, a 413-square-mile shallow inlet that extends into the southern Alabama coastline and draws scores of boaters, fishermen, and sightseers. The bay was first discovered in the early 1500s by Spanish explorers, namely Alonso Álvarez de Pineda, who christened it the "Bay of the Holy Spirit." Spreading the Faith was an important reason early explorers set sail, and they often bestowed names that reflected their religious beliefs on these new places. Names like La Florida, after "feast of the flowers," the Spanish name for the Easter celebration, were typical during the Spanish and French colonization of the New World.
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Family Fun | Fourth of July | Meatless Meals
Celebrate Independence Day with four delightful meatless meal ideas featuring red, white, and blue ingredients that the whole family will enjoy.
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Divine Trust | Podcast | catholic family life | power of prayer
Join Maria Morera Johnson and Inés Huber Mersch as they explore the journey of surrendering fears to trust in God in the latest Catholic Momcast episode.
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“Faith brings the needs of others to our sight and faith in Jesus gives an inspiration to be the ones who help heal the sick and help anyone in difficulties.” In today’s gospel we have this paralyzed man who is brought to Jesus by people probably friends or neighbors to Jesus for healing. These friends must have had great faith in Jesus that He could heal, for it is not easy to carry a human being lying on a stretcher. These men were carrying a full-grown man on this stretcher nobody knows how heavy he might have weighed.
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As Fr. Boby preached about yesterday…relationships matter. In many ways, our lives are shaped by the relationships we cultivate—with God, with spouses, children, parents, friends…and even with the things we use every day. In fact, I'd like to talk about a relationship that almost every one of us has. One with this little…but powerful device. A marvel that helps us communicate, learn, work, pray, stay connected, and, my favorite, not get lost! Yet many of us spend hours each day fixed on a screen. Whether we realize it or not, we’ve formed a relationship with our phones.
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Every family has a special language of danger. In some homes, danger begins when your mother calls you by your full baptismal name. And you know the last judgment has begun. If she adds, “Come here,” even the angels stop singing. And the amazing thing is, she may be angry because you have done something naughty, not because she hates you, but because she knows you. The neighbor’s child may do the same thing and she will say, “Children are children.” But if you do it, suddenly there is a family council, an investigation, and possibly a lecture beginning with, “After all we have done for you…” That is Amos.
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