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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
I don’t know about you, but lately I have grown ever more weary of the “me first” ways of the world.
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I was in an existential funk: questioning my purpose, God’s plan for me, and the universality of suffering. Someone suggested as a solution that I should be more shallow. While I understood the spirit of love in which the suggestion was made, it was a funny thing to hear.
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“Say it with flowers!” Christians did not wait for FTD in the 20th century to express their religious spirit and belief with flowers. The rose was a popular religious symbol from earliest times.
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We all have those times in our lives when we need to take a break and be re-filled. There is no “pause” button in life, though, so we must take and make our own opportunity to do this.
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This verse. I can’t get it out of my head. I don’t even remember when I read it, but somehow it’s been on my mind and heart the past couple months and that’s usually a pretty good sign the Holy Spirit put it there.
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All of us know children who are coping with the pain experienced when family relationships are fractured by angry divorces, abuse, or neglect. They are our children’s friends, our grandchildren, our neighbors, or perhaps our nieces and nephews. Beyond the emotional woundedness they carry into each day, hidden spiritual scars can devastate their lives for decades and enslave their souls. We can comfort a hurting child in surprisingly simple but effective ways.
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