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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

Elizabeth Reardon

Elizabeth Reardon is Director of Parish Ministries and Pastoral Associate for the Collaborative Parishes of Resurrection & St. Paul in Hingham, Massachusetts; a wife and mother of three; certified spiritual director; and writer at TheologyIsAVerb.com. Her writing is an invitation to seek and create space for God in the midst of the busyness of everyday life.

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This Epiphany: Still Seeking?

With the approach of the Epiphany (Matthew 2:1-12), we behold quite a scene — one of perceived royalty and the other of unassuming divinity wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. And here, this quote by St. Gonzalga finds its resonance, revealing a profound truth of the Nativity story.

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Worn and Weathered

Elizabeth Reardon ponders the importance of following Jesus' example of combating burnout with solitude and prayer.

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Failing at Lent?

Discouraged as Lent wore on, Elizabeth Reardon looked for God's answer to gain strength for the journey, and found it in a praying friend.

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Journey with the Shepherds

Throughout the accounts of the nativity story we encounter God working the extraordinary amidst the ordinary. Today, I find myself accompanying the shepherds in their journey to meet the Christ child, beside the sheep in solitude and silence.

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Seeking Joy

Elizabeth Reardon contemplates our need to seek and express joy during difficult times.

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Drawing Near

Elizabeth Reardon considers how a prayerful encounter with a stranger at church became a reminder of God seeking to bring us closer.

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