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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Faith Reflection | Hope-2025 | Jubilee of Hope | power of prayer
As I was driving, following the ambulance with my husband inside, my car became a sanctuary for praying to God to heal him. I can still see the yellow line on the machine move up and down like on a Richter scale, then stretching out to a flat line. This took about a minute, but in those seconds, I prayed with all my heart in the hope that the line would move again to signal life had returned to the body of my beloved. My hope was gone, and my husband was dead. Whether a loved one dies in an instant, days, months, or years, you hope for healing throughout the period that life hangs in the balance. I have heard the anecdote that sometimes the answer to a prayer is yes, no, or not now. The “No” for me triggered a deep hope that my husband was on his way to Heaven. So many people requested a Mass intention for the repose of my husband’s soul immediately. As I attended those Masses, I would hear his name as part of the prayer of the faithful. It consoled me, but didn’t restore my hope.
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Easter season | catholic devotions | family life
Once Lent ends, it signals for most Catholics that they can resume doing whatever they gave up. It’s like an exhale of relief that it’s over. If your Lenten experience didn’t transform you, you can still experience a closer connection to Christ during Eastertide, the season of the Resurrection. While Lent was focused on sacrifice, as Jesus sacrificed His life for us to have everlasting life, Eastertide is 50 days of celebrating the glory of the Resurrection. Jesus appeared to his disciples for 40 days before His Ascension to Heaven. Then the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles at Pentecost, empowering them to share the Gospel and signaling the beginning of Christianity. As believers and followers of Christ, we are also empowered to model and share the message of our Lord Jesus as His disciples.
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Two months after the sudden death of her husband, Sherry Hayes-Peirce reflects on the day-to-day process of living with grief.
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