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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
If you ask anyone who has ever attended Catholic church or school, you’ll be assured that fundraising was probably a big part of the culture. Why it is that raising money is such a focus when the attention should really be centered on our faith formation?
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In my off hours, I tutor teenagers preparing for the ACT test. I’m always amazed at how big a difference saying something as simple as “I know you can do this” has on their focus and overall scores.
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One night not long ago, I was approaching 40 weeks of pregnancy and, with a nine-pound little person consuming more and more of me, the physical discomfort was constant.
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The most important command Christ gave us is to love God and one another. Yet gratitude, from the Latin word gratus, is also at the heart of the gospels. Both the Old and New Testaments exhort us to praise and thank our Creator, the giver of all good things. As we draw closer to the heart of Christ, gratitude and love slowly shape not only our emotions, thoughts, and actions but also our inner spirit.
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Work is usually associated with a penalty, a punishment, a very bad thing that we are “required” to do. On the other hand, work, for some people, has become a real addiction, sucking up all the time and energy they have available. But what then is the true value of work?
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My husband and I were confirmed in the Faith together, just before the birth of our first child. We had the privilege of going through RCIA hand in hand, early in our married years, that fleeting time of burgeoning adulthood already devoted to wrestling with questions of who we are and why we are here. During one of those sessions, we were given some of the most important advice of our lives — one of those fundamental truths that has shaped many pivotal moments since.
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