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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
It is possible that most of us in our families have had to deal with defiant people or defiant behavior. We have had people dear to us retorting, “Did I ask you to give birth to me?” or a son shouting back at his parents, “No.” Maybe you've experienced someone responding, "If you helped me, that was your choice; did I force you?” These phrases reflect a pattern of non-compliance, hostility, and refusal to cooperate with authority in whatever form it takes. These kinds of reactions and responses can indeed be heartbreaking for the recipient. Believing What You See In the Gospel today, Jesus had been healing the sick, giving sight to the blind, and casting out demons in towns like Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum. Despite these undeniable displays of divine power and God’s loving kindness, the residents refused to repent or accept him as the Messiah.
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“Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but not their own fact” by Daniel Patrick. Why is that observation? Because sometimes we can have skewed interpretations of situations that distort the truth. Our interpretations to situations often highlight how subjective biases, Personal prejudices, and flawed perspectives can distort objective reality. Sometimes as human beings, what we observe is often a reflection of our own conditioning rather than the raw truth.
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“Faith brings the needs of others to our sight and faith in Jesus gives an inspiration to be the ones who help heal the sick and help anyone in difficulties.” In today’s gospel we have this paralyzed man who is brought to Jesus by people probably friends or neighbors to Jesus for healing. These friends must have had great faith in Jesus that He could heal, for it is not easy to carry a human being lying on a stretcher. These men were carrying a full-grown man on this stretcher nobody knows how heavy he might have weighed.
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In the song Take it to the Lord in prayer, which I believe many of us know, one of the lines is Take it to the Lord in prayer. Have we trials and temptation Is there trouble anywhere We should never be discouraged Take it to the Lord in prayer.
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There is something about us as human beings, whether you are a Christian or any other religion. We can call it a universal problem: that is, the hatred we feel for other people, hatred that wells up inside us and propels us in the direction of destructive actions toward people who might have harmed us in some way. Nevertheless, these are fellow human beings who we must live with in society or community. Try to imagine for yourself, an individual you hate or just can’t stand, someone who irritates you to no end, who you resent and feel bitterness towards. I am sure most of us have someone like that, in many cases multiple people in our lives who cause us anger or hatred or at least resentment, for something they have, or they keep doing to us.
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Abba Lot went to see Abba Joseph and said to him, “Abba, as far as I can say my little, office, I fast a little, I pray and meditate, I live in peace and as far as I can, I purify my thoughts. What else can I do?” then the old man stood up and stretched his hands towards heaven. His fingers became like ten lamps of fire, and he said to him, “If you will, you can become all flames”. There is also a quotation from John Piper which goes like this, "People don’t enjoy salt. They enjoy what is salted.” These two situations imply that it is not enough to live a pious life for ourselves, but we must strive to become a transformative power into people’s lives.
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