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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

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Ancestors In The Faith - Family Reflection Video

Recently I viewed a Public Broadcasting documentary about Mexico, its rich heritage, which included an exploration a popular holiday, the Day of the Dead. This festive yet reflective holiday is a celebration of life, and of ancestry - a day believed to reunite all those who died with the living. It is an important day that brings back the memory of deceased loved ones, lest they be forgotten.

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Remembering Saint Vincent de Paul - Family Reflection Video

On this day of remembering Saint Vincent de Paul, patron of charitable societies, it’s amazing to me how timely is this influential Saint of the poor. Think of the Haitian immigrants at the border in Del Rio, Texas, living under a bridge. No longer there, thousands have been deported back to Mexico or to Haiti itself. There is no facile or perfect solution to the mass migration of so many from Haiti, Central, and South America, and from other nations around the world.

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When Jesus Stays Silent

When Claire McGarry reads about Jesus' silence after a mother pleads for her child, she begins to see what that silence could hold.

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Micro Prayer Habits: A New Spiritual Beginning

Tiffany Walsh considers how small changes in your prayer practice can grow into new habits.

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Discovering Who You Are? Rise Early To Pray! - Family Reflection Video

Today, we hear Jesus asking his disciples the question, "Who do you say that I am?". It's interesting to note that Jesus asks this question after praying in solitude. Jesus always prayed before doing anything important. We read in Mark 1:35 "Rising very early before dawn, He left and went off to a deserted place, where He prayed."

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Padre Pio: Consider Your Ways - Family Reflection Video

Saint Padre Pio of Pietrelcina, spent 50 years suffering from the Stigmata, the Crucifixion wounds of our Lord Jesus Christ. A Capuchin priest at the monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo, Italy, he was renowned as a confessor who could see into the soul.

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