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Making Our Deadlines: Family Reflection Video

Making Our Deadlines: Family Reflection Video

Love thy Neighbor  |  Seasonal Reflections

Every day has a series of deadlines to meet. What are some of yours?

The United States is coming up on a big deadline: filing taxes. While we all know the deadline for tax season is coming up, there are many deadlines we know nothing about. Our last days on earth are shrouded in so much mystery, but we can prepare by living each day with Jesus and for his mission.

The man who lived a lavish life was filling his mind, schedule, and surroundings to the point of distraction and couldn’t see what was truly important until it was too late. How often do we say that we will do something later, or tomorrow, or the next week, that we just can’t right now…we are “so busy”? Jesus teaches us the important things we should focus on aren’t on any to do list.

How distracted do we get with our daily deadlines? Are we doing our best to live for the Lord?

About Father David Marcham

Father David S. Marcham is a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston and serves as Vice Postulator and Guild Director of the Cause for Canonization of Venerable Patrick Peyton. Before entering St. John’s Seminary in Brighton, Massachusetts, he worked for eleven years as a physical therapist in Boston-area hospitals. Ordained in 2005, Father David was assigned to St. Mary Parish in Franklin, Massachusetts. His involvement in Father Peyton’s Cause began in 2007, when he assisted Father George Lucas, C.S.C., in advancing the Cause for Canonization. Appointed Vice Postulator in 2009, Father David oversees the progress of the Cause, directs the Guild, and promotes devotion to Father Peyton’s legacy of family prayer.