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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
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“How do You know me?” Do you ever wonder if God knows who you are? Many of us have known a lot of people, some more than others and a few know us, but does God know us?
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I can just imagine what some people may be thinking when they hear Jesus say that "the last shall be first, and the first shall be last," and also advocating equal pay for a person who only works a fraction of how long other have worked. It just doesn’t make sense. Is Jesus forcing us to think further about the implications of what He said and did?
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Jesus, how many times do I have to forgive someone if they have sinned against me? Peter was asking a question that many of us may have asked at one time or another in our lives. Consider yourselves blessed if you have never been hurt by what someone said or did to you. Peter was conflicted...
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In his book, The Gospel of Matthew, Pope Francis commented on the passage of the Transfiguration of Jesus saying, "along with Peter, James, and John, we, too, climb the Mount of Transfiguration today and stop in contemplation of the face of Jesus to retrieve the message and translate it into our lives."
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Those of you who have children, do you recall when you first tried to encourage them to take their first step? At the beginning, your child may have been content to drag him/herself along the floor reaching out for things, but it was time for him or her to take a stand and walk. All kinds of attempts were made to entice them to come into your arms and then it happened!
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I used to drive by an abandoned house on my way to run errands, and it was definitely an eye sore to the neighborhood. In fact, I wanted it to be torn down. However, someone saw something special, or worthy of saving, about the structure of the house - and it's now undergoing an incredible transformation. It was reduced to its shell and is being rebuilt...
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