3 Lessons for a Rich, Cheerful and Beautiful Life: Family Reflection Video

By: Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C. on August 10th, 2018

3 Lessons for a Rich, Cheerful and Beautiful Life: Family Reflection Video

We all want to know. What do we need to do to have an abundant life?

Most of us spend our lives searching for ways to improve our life, the life of our family and how we feel. You’ll find thousands of ideas all over the internet, and in self-help books and magazines. It’s overwhelming.

Jesus makes it simple for us today. Today’s readings offer us the three lessons we need most:

Lesson #1: Life comes only through death.

Lesson #2: Only by spending life can we keep it.

Lesson #3: Greatness comes through selfless and committed service.

Discuss with your family ways how each of you individually and together can commit to living each day with these three lessons in mind. Check in with other often to see how you’re doing … and how it’s changing your life and the lives of those around you.

We pray for you and your family each day here at the Father Peyton Center.

About Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C.

Father Pinto Paul C.S.C., ordained a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1999, worked with tribal populations in northeast India as a missionary for ten years. In 2010 he came to the US for further studies. While working as a campus minister at Stonehill College, he assisted pastors in local parishes, led seminars and workshops for teachers and students in the US and earned a master’s degree in Educational Administration from Boston College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Lesley University, Cambridge. He is currently working as the International Director of the Boston-based Holy Cross Family Ministries with missions in 18 countries.