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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Return to the Church | Why pray?
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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Holy lives of inspiration | Return to the Church | Why pray?
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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I recall when I was twelve or thirteen, my parents gave me a marvelous gift, a radio that received short wave broadcasts in addition to local stations. I was able to listen to programming originating at great distances from our part of the world. I was delighted.
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Learn more about our faith | Why pray?
Have you ever been at Mass and before you know it your saying, "Thanks be to God" or "Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ" and not you’re not sure what you’ve just heard. There are all sorts of distractions we bring into Mass or reading Scripture; so at times, I try to listen for key words to help me remember the main point.
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As crafters begin (or continue) to work on projects for the upcoming holiday season, AnneMarie Miller discusses saints we can invoke as we work.
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Seven Hundred years ago this month, Dante Alighieri died. Pope Francis has written an apostolic letter on Dante’s Divine Comedy, one of the world’s great works of literary and religious splendor. Dante is the father of the Italian language and shaper of the culture of Italy. For the supreme beauty of the Divine Comedy, the central gift is hope.
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