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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
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If you’ve ever looked at old pictures or home movies you notice how much has changed, say from the 70’s or 80’s and if you’re a movie buff, you’ll notice that the one constant through the decades is also change. It’s nostalgic for us to look back at the old cars, radios, tv’s, phones, and stereos…and we also recognize how people and organizations have changed too, including religious and political leaders, and even our parishes or physical churches that we’ve gone to each Sunday…. Change is part of life on earth and in both readings from Daniel and Luke, we receive a clear message which should cause us to wonder, how do we prepare for the change that the Word of God speaks to us about today?
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I’d like you to imagine you’re on a dusty road near Jericho, or perhaps a road near where you live, and you encounter a man who is blind and forced to beg, sitting in the shadows, ignored or maybe even forgotten by those around him. Suddenly, a crowd stirs—Jesus of Nazareth is passing by! This man, though isolated by his blindness, doesn't hesitate or overthink the situation. Instead, he cries out, "Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!" Despite the crowd's rebukes to him, he shouts louder; his faith is unyielding. Jesus stops, calls him near, and asks, "What do you want me to do for you?"
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Every day we hear about or encounter the tensions that exist among family members, neighbors, co-workers, and even within our own hearts—one of these is the tension between trying to discipline the desires of the flesh and the presumption that we can do whatever we want because God is merciful. When Paul wrote today’s reading to the Romans, it was to guide two groups of people who were at odds with one another in following Jesus. At that time, there was a growing confusion in the Roman Church… a phenomenon that continues to occur in each generation, often revisiting the same topics.
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Last week I received a text message from my friend Joel. It began by asking if I was going to be watching the Notre Dame game football game and then took an unexpected turn when he asked me really good question: about how many of the people I know--who are Catholic are serious about their faith…as opposed to just going through the motions? That’s a great question for each of us to consider, whether directed to ourselves, our families, or friends? Are we or those closest to us serious about our faith in Jesus Christ and if so, how?
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For many of us, the date 9/11 will always evoke a wide range of emotions and memories. Everything from shock and sadness to anger and fear and many more. Even though it has been twenty-four years since that tragic day, watching the news this morning can bring us back to where we were, what we were doing and who we first called.
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St. Paul, as he usually does, greets the Colossians, as brothers and sisters and reminds them and us that we have received the Lord Jesus Christ. He then encourages us to walk with Jesus and to have our lives rooted in our faith in God. But as Paul often does, he also draws to our attention to a potential pitfall that he wants us to avoid…
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