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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Nikki Lamberg wonders why, since we are social beings, we feel we need to take on the world alone.
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If I were to ask you: who are you more like: Martha or Mary? Some of us could say, it depends on the situation. The two sisters in today’s gospel remind us of the need to consider the choices we make every day...
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What more could possibly be said about Joseph whom all four Gospels refer to as the father of Jesus? Very little is told to us by Matthew and Luke; however, the little that we do know about him reveals a man who was caring, compassionate, and protective of his wife and Son.
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This parable of the Good Samaritan, except for the Parable of the Prodigal Son, may be the best-known story of all time. In 2004 Family Theater Productions filmed a documentary on Father Theodore Hesburgh of Notre Dame, who served as president for 35 years. For decades he addressed all incoming students with a moving welcome message. We wanted to capture that message on camera, so we asked him to deliver it spontaneously, which he did.
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Sainte Thérèse of the Child Jesus, daughter of two saints, Zélie and Louis Martin, who are the first married couple to be canonized in the same ceremony, in 2015. She was canonized in 1927, proclaimed a Doctor of the Church in 1997 by Pope John Paul II.
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Saint Jerome loved the Word of God – and he wanted you to love it too. He gave his life as priest to translating the Bible for future generations and explaining it. Living in the 4th century, he moved from Rome to the Holy Land and settled down for the mammoth task of translating the entire Bible from Hebrew and Greek into Latin.
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