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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Growing up, I noticed that my mother had a profound fondness for raising chickens. There were two primary reasons behind her affection for these feathered creatures. First, the chickens provided a steady supply of fresh eggs, which my mother skillfully transformed into delicious omelets. Second, the chickens themselves served as a source of meat, gracing our table in the form of tasty chicken curry, particularly during special occasions or when we had guests over.
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Yesterday, we celebrated “Good Shepherd Sunday,” and today, we hear a reminder of how Jesus, the Good Shepherd, leads us, through both His teaching and His Church. Jesus, knowing our human nature, has provided us with men He has chosen to shepherd us in His Name. The Church of Jesus Christ has one Good Shepherd, and He has chosen others, like Peter, to exercise a spiritual and pastoral leadership of the Church and all souls.
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Catholic Priests | Jesus Is King | Luke 15:1-10 | The Good Shepherd
“What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go after the lost one until he finds it” (Luke 15:1-10)? How can one not often feel lost in this crazy world? And at times, we can be so painfully aware of our failings and sins.
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Books | Family Rosary | Father Patrick Peyton | Fr. Willy Raymond, C.S.C. | family prayer
Growing up my mom always told me, “The family that prays together stays together.” This was usually when I had something that I would much rather be doing or when I thought that I was “too cool” for nightly family prayers or felt that there wasn’t enough time in the day to stop and pray. But, as I have found about most things my mom taught me, she is right. Praying as a family is so, so important. In my own life the families that are close to their faith and practice it together are so much more peaceful, stable, and content in their lives than those that don’t. When I received a copy of the book The Family that Prays Together Stays Together: Discover the Promise and Power of the Rosary with Father Patrick Peyton edited by Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C., I knew that it would be something that would resonate with me—and I was not disappointed.
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Home | Money | family life
"Children are expensive!" This seems to be one of the most pervasive beliefs of the secular world as a reason not to have more (or any!) children. And while I definitely feel sticker shock every time I check out at the grocery, it makes me deeply sad to think our world attempts to put a price tag on the priceless value of a child. Practical discernment has an important place in Catholic parenthood, yet I can't help but think that our perception of our needs is at times influenced by a materialistic, affluent culture. It takes humility, creativity, savvy, and sacrifice to raise a family in a high-cost world but it can be done, especially if we turn off the voices telling us we need luxurious vacations, frequent takeout food, the latest technology, or even that cute new Catholic boutique item we saw on social media!
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Healing the family | Holy lives of inspiration
In the year 1994 in the month of April, in the country of Rwanda, over a million people were killed in a mass genocide. Tensions between two ethnic groups or economic classes exploded into a mass massacre and mass destruction of property. The country was reduced to an ugly shell of its former self and the survivors of the genocide reduced to zombies, walking around without knowing who they were, where they were, what had happened to them, and why so few people were walking around.
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