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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
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When we hear the word "law," many of us think first of rules and restrictions. We picture something heavy. But this Lenten season, the Church invites us to look again. The law of God was never meant to be a burden. It was given as a path — a way of staying close to God and to one another.
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The two readings today present a moment of seeking immense mercy from the master/God and moments we need to reciprocate the same to other fellow humans. The first reading, in the book of Daniel, is the prayer of Azariah. Azariah who was among the three friends of Daniel, thrown into the fire furnace after refusing to worship the idol god ordered by King Nebuchadnezzar. The name Azariah in Hebrew means God has helped. His name was changed to Abednego after being taken to slavery in Babylon. One significant thing in the prayer of Azariah is that he pleads for God’s mercy on behalf of the whole Israelite Nation.
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Once in a workshop for principals of schools in which I was part of, I heard A retired school principal share a story that has stayed with me for long. After forty years in education, he said the most difficult meeting he ever attended was not with troubled students, it was with teachers discussing their former students. Whenever someone famous appeared in the news, a scientist, an artist, a politician, teachers who had taught them years earlier would say things like, “Really? That boy? He sat in the back of my class.” Or, “That girl? she barely spoke when she was in class.” They remembered the old version of the person and struggled to reconcile it with who that person had become. The principal said something interesting: “We often freeze people in the version of them we first knew.”
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What are the things that hold you back from having a fruitful Lent? Catholic Mom contributor Andrea Bear provides practical tips for finishing the season strong. We are well into Lent, and the chocolate bar looks tempting; you just gulped down a roast beef sandwich, then noticed the calendar says Friday. Or on the opposite end, you’re still trying to determine what to give up — and there’s only a couple of weeks left. Does this sound familiar? What happens when we can’t commit to our Lenten promises, or we just feel unenthusiastic about Lent? Unlike the Christmas and Easter seasons of celebration, Lent often has the stigma of being a gloomy period in our Church calendar. If we don’t prepare for Lent, it can seem like a depressing time, rather than a time of renewal.
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Holy Women's History Month | Holy lives of inspiration | St. Gianna Molla | motherhood
For Holy Women's History Month, Emily Jerger highlights how God rewarded Saint Gianna Molla's humility and answered her desire.
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Our readings this Friday draw a parallel between Joseph and Jesus. In the First Reading the brothers of Joseph want to kill him, and in the Gospel through the parable of the Vineyard the Pharisees sought to kill Jesus. Both Joseph and Jesus go through great agony but in the end God’s plans triumph.
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