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Are You Blessed?: Family Reflection Video

Are You Blessed?: Family Reflection Video

Strengthening family unity

"Stop worrying about how stressed you are and start remembering how blessed you are."

It's easy to wonder how less fortunate people so often manage to have a positive outlook when it seems as though they don't have much to be thankful for. Jesus reminds us today to remember how blessed we are, and to think about how we use these blessings. Every now and then it's good for us to stop and spend five minutes making a list of how God has blessed our families and each of us.

Much like we wish to reciprocate an act of thoughtfulness, we can deepen our friendship with God by realizing how blessed we are in the smallest ways.

Are you aware of the blessings God has given you? How do you thank God for the blessings in your life?

For additional reading: Today's Gospel: Reproaches to Unrepentant Towns

About Father David Marcham

Father David S. Marcham is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and serves as Vice Postulator and Guild Director of the Cause for Canonization of Venerable Patrick Peyton. Before entering St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, he worked for eleven years as a physical therapist in Boston-area hospitals. Ordained in 2005, Father David was assigned to St. Mary Parish in Franklin, Massachusetts. His involvement in Father Peyton’s Cause began in 2007, when he assisted Father George Lucas, C.S.C., in advancing the Cause for Canonization. Appointed Vice Postulator in 2009, Father David oversees the progress of the Cause, directs the Guild, and promotes devotion to Father Peyton’s legacy of family prayer.