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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Celebrating family life | Return to the Church
It’s great to visit the Father Peyton Center in North Easton, Massachusetts for a few days! As I was born and raised around here and I have served in Family Rosary for so many years, this area will always be “home” for me. Some will remember that our Provincial Superior asked me to go to Santiago, Chile, so I moved at Christmas. As I have also served in that part of the world before, I was happy to say “yes,” and I have been getting settled in there well.
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Celebrating family life | Why pray?
Today, let us reflect on the sacred bond of marriage and its significance within our families. The Book of Tobit provides timeless wisdom about this bond and its relevance today.
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We live in a time when electronic resources make our lives ever easier to manage the complexity caused by electronic resources! The cell phone comes to mind. Prudence and wisdom ought to guide the way technology can be of service to us.
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Today's first reading is like a play with three acts. In the first act, Tobit cries out in anguish about his death after a fight with his wife (over a goat, of all things). The pain of being unable to provide for his family, the faithlessness of his tribe, and the insults he endures from others become too much for him. Tobit becomes so depressed that he asks God to save him from his troubles, even if that means death.
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How many of you have or have had cataracts, maybe even needing surgery? Most of us develop cataracts over a fairly long period of time, but Tobit, a devout Jewish man, had it happen in a matter of hours. And God would use this visual impairment to teach Tobit and those around him.
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