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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
I was in the yard the other day getting wood for the woodstove evening fire. I stopped for a moment to survey the garden. Nature had provided a remnant blanket of last year’s plants, protection from winter’s frost and snow. Looking closer, I saw that beneath the tangle of dried roots, stems, and leaves, down close to the soil, small patches of green sprouts were enduring. For an instant, I yearned for the promise of spring.
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There is an ocean of goodness in everyone, but everyone does not see it. Although each child is born with the seeds of God’s precious gift of goodness, focusing on this gift does not come naturally. We must develop and nurture it as we grow.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Learn more about our faith
The other day I was going through a stack of cards and letters and came across some from our own, Father Jim Phalan. They go back to when he was serving as a Deacon and then Priest in the mountains of Peru. Now, for anyone under the age of 30, it might be hard to believe, but there was a time that we didn't have email or texts, and long-distance calls were pretty expensive – so we wrote letters to keep in touch.
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Conversion means a willingness to see the truth of things and conform one’s life to it. We know of St. Paul’s dramatic conversion story from the Acts of the Apostles. There are three other conversion stories I want to mention in more detail today.
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Learn more about our faith | Strengthening family unity
"Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will conclude a new covenant,” Hebrews 8:8. The entire corpus of the Scriptures presents to us a great vision which is at the same time a fundamental reality, an encompassing biblical principle and intimate revelation.
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There was a moving tribute during the inaugural ceremonies for the 400,000 people in the United States who have died victims of Corvid-19. As a nation, we acknowledge various times when there has been a tragic loss of life however none for the thousands of unborn children who never saw the light of day.
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