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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
I walked into my first university class fifty years ago, an introductory course in Philosophy. I found a desk near the back of the classroom, took out a pen and notebook, and prepared to take copious notes. I was eager to learn the “love of wisdom.” Other students arrived, chose their desks, and waited with anticipation.
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Celebrating family life | Holy lives of inspiration
I grew up being expected to eat what was served, even lima beans! Fortunately, my mom is a great cook, so everything looked and tasted great, but still, there was the expectation that she knew what we needed to grow up healthy.
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Megan Swaim describes the foundations of her family's prayer life, and how traditions and habits were built, little by little.
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I was having lunch with a grown nephew the other day and I saw him picking away at his food, separating out little flecks of green which appeared to be parsley or some other green vegetable and I was reminded how finicky he was as a child when it came to eating certain vegetables.
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Celebrating family life | Holy lives of inspiration
Before Tom Brady and Bill Belichick, New England had appeared in one Super Bowl and lost. Then Bill Belichick and Tom Brady came along and led the Patriots to 11 Super Bowls and 6 Championships in 20 years. This data merely makes the connection between the Patriots and today’s saint. The connection: a gridiron. The saint: Lawrence the Martyr.
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Danielle Bean shares about the re-launch of Small Successes, a fun way to celebrate all the little things we get right each week.
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