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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Catholic Family Fun | Family Activities | rosary
Summer is here! Discover nine engaging ways to nurture family bonds and faith while creating cherished memories together, away from screens and distractions. A friend and I went out to dinner last weekend, and as we sat at an outside table chatting, we noticed a family of four at a table a few feet away. It was a mother, father, a daughter who looked to be about 14, and a son who looked to be about 11. All except the father had their faces buried in their phones. For nearly 15 minutes, he sat there forlornly just looking around. But then he too pulled out his phone. It made me incredibly sad, for it was a beautiful night and all this family could think about was escaping to social media or texting. As Ecclesiastes 3 teaches, There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens.
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The-Rosary-In-Our-Hands | family prayer
Ever since I was a child, I loved the idea of praying the Rosary. And though I always wanted to be one of those people who prayed it daily, in practice I failed. For the longest time, I struggled with it; I think it was the repetition. I would often commit to praying the Rosary, yet the habit never stayed with me. But as God so often does, He allows people and things to change our hearts. I think both He and His Blessed Mother knew that I continually encountered roadblocks in something I really wanted to succeed in, so they worked with me to break them down. I can’t say that I now pray the Rosary daily, but I can say that I pray it regularly and that, when I do, I get so much out of it.
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Family Time | pray the rosary | summer activities
A creative way to count your blessings A few weeks ago, Chris Stefanick — a Catholic writer, speaker, and founder of Real Life Catholic — spoke at my parish about joy. During this incredible evening, Chris discussed the importance of living with joy and suggested ways to attain it. By adding gratefulness to our days, he explained, and by giving thanks for everything, we can increase the joy we feel and the joy we project outward. One of the ways he said he expresses thanks is by holding his Rosary and giving thanks for one thing on each bead. I loved that idea, and I started doing it immediately. Every day since then, I have either started or ended my day with that practice. And I can tell already that it has made a difference.
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Susan Ciancio ponders how the absence of a yes does not mean that God isn’t answering our prayers.
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