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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Seasonal Reflections | Why pray?
We may have started Lent with hopes of doing something beautiful for God, but it has been God who has been sharing something beautiful with us.
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In the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, there is a small memorial – you might miss it completely if you did not have a guide –about four feet by four feet square with a small flame in the middle and a baldachin surrounding it. This is the “Armenian Chapel,” also known as the “Station of the Holy Women.”
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Debra Black suggests ways to make Lent the foundation for new growth toward Easter.
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Anne DeSantis looks back at this pandemic year and finds, as her Lenten focus, lessons in hope.
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Have you ever had one of those days? You know the kind where hypothetically, it’s Wednesday, but you’re convinced it’s Thursday? On those days, it's easy to become both lost and frustrated.
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Five of us priests were together enjoying a meal celebrating a birthday. The conversation was light until one asked, “What you think about the challenges we face from fellow Catholics who question the Church and whose faith is diminished?” He added that increasingly he has been encountering some tough questions and comments from prominent Catholics about the Church, its teachings, and leaders.
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