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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
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Today, we celebrate the feast of Saint Joseph. My guess is that we all know someone named Joseph, most of whom we call Joe. I’ve been blessed by knowing both good laymen and priests by that name, and each, in their own way, embody the virtue and holiness of Joseph.
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I have to tell you; there was quite a competition about who would have the honor of celebrating the Mass at the Father Peyton Center last year on St. Patrick’s Day. It was only settled by a DNA test showing I had the closest connection to Saint Patrick, but not how you might think.
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Earlier this winter, I went into a Dunkin’ Donuts a ways from here. It was a really cold day, and so I had my ski jacket zipped all the way up, which blocked my Roman collar. And as I approached the counter, I heard a young woman’s voice say, “Don’t worry, I forge my signature on those forms all the time; it’s no big deal, really; I do it all the time!” Suddenly, the young woman turned and noticed she had a customer: me!
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In today’s reading from Ezekiel, there’s an incredibly detailed and hope-filled description of the water flowing from the Temple and the abundant life that results. Those of us who have grown up in cities with running water can’t fathom what it’s like to collect rainwater in containers like Father Fred described at our Lenten evening last Saturday.
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“If today, you hear His voice harden not your hearts.” Psalm 95 speaks to the human condition of how we react to God’s “voice.” In the times that are cited in the Psalm, the people had heard the voice of God through Moses, and they, like we at times, had complained and thought they knew better than God.
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Going deeper in the faith is something we all hope for this Lenten season. At times, it involves praying over the Word of God and asking some questions. As I reflected on the first reading from the Book of Deuteronomy, I was drawn to Moses’ words of warning to “be earnestly on guard not to forget the things which your own eyes have seen, nor let them slip from your memory as long as you live.”
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