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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Do you believe that I can do this? Yes Lord. He touched their eyes and said, "let it be done for you according to your faith." Their eyes were open. What struck me was the words that Jesus used, according to your faith. In effect I heard Jesus saying that anything and everything that happens with us is dependent on and related to the measure of our faith. Is the glass of our faith half empty or half full?
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It’s not by chance that the Lord chose a carpenter to be the foster-father of the Son of God. Right from his betrothal to Mary, Joseph would have started to build a home for the Holy Family. However, then they had to leave that house and travel to Egypt, Joseph, being a carpenter, could then prepare another home; he possessed a skill that would provide a solid home for the Holy Child and His Mother.
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We use the word dream with different meanings. We can mean dreams while we sleep, daydreaming, or we can dream as when we long for something desirable, a vision of the way we would like things to be.
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"Peace on Earth" is what Jesus promises to bring us at Christmastime. If you have a family, though, the weeks leading up to December 25 can feel anything but peaceful. Besides the shopping, decorating, visiting, cooking, and other preparations we make during Advent, there is the world at large - which can feel at odds with a message of peace. News of violence, political division, conflict, and poverty fill our television screens and social media accounts. What kind of peace can Jesus bring to a world like ours?
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There’s something both mystical and beautiful, and I’d add hopeful, about being on a mountaintop. Today, the prophet Isaiah brings us up on that high ground, far above the tough reality of human trials, by saying, "On this mountain, the Lord of hosts will provide…" not just for some, but for "all peoples."
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What do we know about Andrew? Haven’t we all known someone like him? On fire, zealous, impatient to tell good news to others? Every family seems to have someone like him. There are two accounts of Andrew’s call as an apostle by Jesus in the Gospels.
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