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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
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Today, we celebrate the Memorial of the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On this memorial of the Queenship of Mary, the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV has asked us to pray and fast for global peace. One of the titles of Mary is “Queen of Peace.”
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A friend once told me about his cousin’s wedding. Everything was perfect, flowers, music, the bride glowing with joy, until the best man fainted halfway down the aisle. He had been out partying late the previous night and hadn’t eaten breakfast, figured he’d be fine, but toppled in front of the altar like a tree in slow motion. The photographer caught the bride’s gasp, the priest’s outstretched arms, and the groom trying to decide whether to help or keep smiling for the pictures. Everyone laughed later, but the lesson was simple: you don’t show up to a big event unprepared.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Why pray?
“Are you envious because I am generous? (Matthew 21:16) Today’s gospel parable from Jesus definitely elicits a strong reaction not just from those who had worked hard all day in the vineyard but also from most of us. Anyone who has either worked or even volunteered in service of others can relate to a sense of “fairness” in how we look at being rewarded for our labors in relation to others. And it happens at home too…just think back to when you had to clean the house or weed the garden or paint the porch and one of your family members showed up conveniently late!
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Holy lives of inspiration | Love thy Neighbor
There is a notion in chemistry called activation energy. The idea being that, even for reactions that are going to give off a lot of energy, you have to supply a little energy up front to get them going. Think about lighting a match in order to start a big campfire. Tons of energy given off, but without the match, the kindling and the wood just sit there. An analogous idea can be found in the very colloquial business saying, “It takes money to make money.” Imagine if you had been able to invest $1000 in Nike or Apple or Tesla when the company first went public.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Love thy Neighbor
The book of Judges, from where we have the first reading today, covers a turbulent period in Israel’s history, after the death of Joshua and before the rise of kings. Without a central ruler, the tribes often drifted into moral and spiritual chaos.
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Monica McConkey details ten ways to help children of all ages learn to pray from the heart, encouraging parents to start early in building habits of prayer. Something that has become more and more apparent as my kids one-by-one enter adulthood, is that while my vocation as Mom never ends, it does change! I remember those days of mothering with littles running around the house. They needed me for the physical things; food, drink, shelter, safety, comfort, and clothing, and they were learning so much from basic skills and interests, and subjects at school, and picking up prayers, Bible stories and beliefs of our Catholic Faith.
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