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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Catholic books | Family Rosary | pray the rosary
Sarah Pedrozo recaps her family’s experience of using the new book, The Family That Prays Together Stays Together, to pray the Rosary. The Rosary is one of my favorite ways to pray. Not only is it a powerful prayer, greeting Mary using the same words as the Angel Gabriel, but it also hinges on Jesus and walks us through key moments in the life of the Holy Family, and the story of God becoming man. But I will admit, sometimes my mind wanders off as I am praying ... and I realize I’ve zoned out on several Hail Marys. So, I was excited to try praying with Father Willy Raymond’s new book, inspired by the life of Father Patrick Peyton, The Family that Prays Together Stays Together: A Bead-by-Bead Family Guide through the Mysteries. It was that “bead-by-bead” part I was especially interested in.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Learn more about our faith
As we are still in the Christmas Season, it is necessary to continue contemplating and understanding the mystery of the incarnation and nativity of Emmanuel. To understand this, we need to dig deeper into the mystery of Christology. The question is, who is Jesus? Both the first reading and the Gospel throw light on this. In my reflection, I will focus more on the First Reading. The first letter of John, as we have heard, begins with a question. Who is a liar?
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Christmas Gifts | Jesus | catholic family life
Christine Hanus shares a touching story about the providence of God during a distressing time in her life. Luke's Gospel prepares us for the birth of Christ with the story of the angel Gabriel visiting the Virgin Mary. When Our Blessed Mother says her historic, momentous, earth-shattering “yes” to God, and agreed to be the mother of the Messiah, she had little idea that she would become the spiritual mother to all of God’s children. Whoever calls the Father “Abba,” becoming an adopted brother or sister of Christ, is taken into Mary’s maternal heart forever. As my own children were growing up, it seemed that materialism, immorality, and noise surrounded our family on every side. My husband and I tried to help my children navigate the world, but as our two oldest approached middle school, I worried for their happiness and safety.
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Angels | Living the Faith | power of prayer
When I consider how many messages the Lord sent me over the years, I see that my soul must have been like the thorny ground in the parable of the sower. Unlike Mary, who quickly heeded God’s messenger, I was deaf to His promptings. It took decades for a tiny seed of faith to take root in a heart overwhelmed by worldly cares and distractions. I grew up in Eastern Kentucky – a land of bleak hillsides bordering the roadways, the scarred rockface on either side giving a severe countenance to the land where plain white crosses adorned churches, and Jesus was largely invisible. In these churches, the pastors often shouted their sermons, and people rushed up the aisle during altar call to rededicate themselves. The raw emotion inside the church walls matched the rough landscape outside. I had very little exposure to the Catholic faith.
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Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary | family prayer | pray the rosary
Karen Estep recaps her family’s experience of using the new book, The Family That Prays Together Stays Together, to pray the Rosary. As a newish Catholic, I wish The Family That Prays Together Stays Together had been published about two years sooner, because it would have made learning the Rosary a bit easier for my entire family! My husband and I were formally welcomed into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil in 2022. Neither of us grew up Catholic, so we had to learn a lot. Then we found out that we now had to teach this to our children as well …
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Feast of St. Stephen | Virtues
Let's remember St. Stephen today, who he was, and how he became the first Christian martyr. Why is his feast celebrated on December 26 and not today or tomorrow when we have the readings about his martyrdom? And following Stephen's story, let's examine what it has to offer us.
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