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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
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The other day I was going through a stack of cards and letters and came across some from our own, Father Jim Phalan. They go back to when he was serving as a Deacon and then Priest in the mountains of Peru. Now, for anyone under the age of 30, it might be hard to believe, but there was a time that we didn't have email or texts, and long-distance calls were pretty expensive – so we wrote letters to keep in touch.
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Being a priest is a wonderful experience for many reasons; one is the brotherhood we share along the way. The other day, some of my priest-brothers here at the Father Peyton Center were kidding me about my stories that come from talking to people at places like the gas station or coffee shop, or grocery store, which remind me of different readings that we hear at the Mass.
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Healing the family | Why pray?
"If you wish, you can make me clean." Those words contain the essence of how we begin each Confession; we speak the words, "Bless me, Father, for I have sinned."
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I was ten years old and had my first … and only … theatrical experience. O.K, to be honest, it was only in front of Ms. Morgan’s fourth grade class and I didn’t say a word. I played William Magee Seton, the husband of today’s St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. I can vividly remember standing with Mary LaFlamme who told the story of this holy woman—the first native born American citizen to be recognized as a Saint.
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This week I heard a song that stayed with me. It wasn’t one of those overplayed or catchy ones that you can’t stop hearing. Instead, it made me want to go back and listen again and think some more.
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Today’s saint never saw it coming … Ambrose was a politician, a catechumen, not yet baptized when he went to an assembly meeting and heard someone cry out: “Ambrose for bishop!” Then the whole assembly picked up the chant. He was shocked.
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