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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
“Quick! Look at the water!” I rolled my eyes. I was knee-deep in scraping dried chocolate off the floor, and the darn stuff wasn’t coming off. It was day eight of our 10-day beach trip and it had rained every day since we arrived. I’d spent the whole trip playing director to an increasingly mutinous crew and by that evening I had had enough.
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My hands clasped tightly together, I knelt at the foot of my bed in desperate prayer. I was approached by a non-religious friend who in her own way asked me how I pray, who I pray to, and why I pray.
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CatholicMom | strength and hope | trust
There are just a few more weeks left of summer in our household. I know many families are already starting back to school this week or next week. But for us,
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CatholicMom | inspiration | saints | strength and hope
When I was a young girl I was fascinated with stories of people, mostly girls and women, who overcame the horrors of World War II. Edith Stein, also known as St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, was a woman who overcame the horrors of WWII by her death in Auschwitz in 1942
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CatholicMom | strength and hope
“Those tiny, buzzing flies – our wayward thoughts – do not interrupt the recollection of the heart.” — Jacque Philippe, Time for God Ever since my baby daughter had open-heart surgery, acquaintances and friends have asked me a common question, “How did you get through it? Weren’t you a mess?”
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On August 2, the Church celebrated the feast of St. Peter Julian Eymard, a man who founded the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament. I was excited to celebrate this holy man and his love of the Eucharist, and I eagerly searched the internet for a pithy quote that I’d be able to pray with and share on social media. Instead, I found myself quickly skimming over some of his reflections and giving barely a thought to the gift of the Eucharist before moving on with my day. I had a lengthy To Do list, limited hours, and my mind was too preoccupied to spare even a few moments of intentional reflection and prayer.
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