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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Holy Women's History Month | Holy lives of inspiration | Old Testament
For Holy Women's History Month, Karen Estep discusses Ruth, an Old Testament woman who still inspires modern women. Wherever you go I will go, wherever you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people and your God, my God. (Ruth 1:16) These words were read at my wedding. At the time, I meant for it to be part of our family motto because my husband was a football coach, and I wanted to support the teams he would coach. When you’re a football coach and a football coach’s wife, the teams eventually become your family, no matter which team it happens to be. I had no idea what Ruth would ultimately mean to me as a woman in a modern age.
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Cause for Canonization | Family Rosary | Father Patrick Peyton
How do you measure success in your family? Venerable Patrick Peyton wanted families to measure their success in prayer. His famous message, “The family that prays together, stays together!” Venerable Patrick Peyton was a priest with a mission that still inspires families today and will continue to do so for many years to come.
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Joyful Mysteries of the Rosary | family prayer | pray the rosary
Karen Estep recaps her family’s experience of using the new book, The Family That Prays Together Stays Together, to pray the Rosary. As a newish Catholic, I wish The Family That Prays Together Stays Together had been published about two years sooner, because it would have made learning the Rosary a bit easier for my entire family! My husband and I were formally welcomed into the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil in 2022. Neither of us grew up Catholic, so we had to learn a lot. Then we found out that we now had to teach this to our children as well …
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Faith Reflection | Hope-2025 | Jubilee of Hope | power of prayer
This Lent, I had big goals for re-energizing my relationship with Christ. I signed up to send prayer cards to 40 different people in need through my parish. I had planned on praying every time I wanted to buy something for myself because I wanted to stop relying on material things for happiness. I was going to go to Adoration and Confession more often, and then all would be right during Lent. Forgetting How to Pray Except that, very early on in Lent, I forgot how to pray. I would sit for minutes that felt like hours and just be blank. It was horrible; words wouldn’t come to me. Praise was not on my lips or in my heart. In a time when I was supposed to be focusing on my relationship with Christ, I was barely even present. I began to panic a bit. I have been a Christian my entire life. Yes, I have fallen asleep during prayer before and I have certainly miscounted rosary beads and missed a few Hail Marys, but I have never forgotten how to pray entirely! Where does this leave me? Where do I go, and what can I do to fix this? I was left to stew over all these questions for several days.
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Holy Women's History Month | Lenten Reflections | catholic mom | women's history month
As a child (well, who am I kidding? This still happens), I cringed when we would read the parable of the Prodigal Son. It used to make me so irritated because what does a BOY have to do with me, a GIRL? I remember feeling stubborn angst towards this parable because the man had sons, and I was a daughter. I’d roll my eyes (still do) and listen in without really caring. You see, I understand this parable, even more so as an adult; however, it has just never resonated with me. As a girl child, I wanted to have my femininity seen by Jesus, just as so many boys saw themselves as the prodigal son. Side note: I do now understand this parable a bit more and actually identify as the eldest son most days. Prefer to Listen—Audio version available!
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Ave Maria Press | Fr. Willy Raymond, C.S.C. | Rosary with kids | The Family That Prays Together Stays Together | Venerable Patrick Peyton | family prayer
As a newish Catholic, I wish The Family That Prays Together Stays Together had been published about two years sooner, because it would have made learning the Rosary a bit easier for my entire family!
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