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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
If we find ourselves outside at sunset and the sky is clear, we can remember how light surprises. As shadows lengthen and the sun dips below the horizon, we can sense the gradual retreat of daylight. Soon, twilight advances and dusk gives way to approaching darkness. This daily transition opens the night sky to our vision. Gradually the stars begin to appear through the blue-gray haze of late evening. The dark of night invites the stars to reveal themselves. More and more, they sparkle in the night sky. They are always there, but visible now only in the darkness. These celestial beacons keep watch through the night, ever vigilant and faithful.
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Running out of things to read? The Bible has been around in one form or another for 5,000 years, and we haven’t stopped reading it yet! Let's walk through it - either with your own bible or with an online version - and learn new ways to understand and make sense of it by watching another entertaining 8-minute episode of Catholic Central.
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Alone with the Scriptures that were presented to us from the Book of Numbers I could almost experience the anger and frustration that God’s chosen people directed towards God, Moses blaming them for the hardship they were experiencing as they journeyed from slavery in Egypt to the Promised Land. In contrast I thought of our world today and the effects of the coronavirus on the lives of millions of people across the globe. I have not been hearing anger at God. Frustration yes with the loss of jobs, fear about the future but not blame, finding fault with God.
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Healing the family | Return to the Church
Today’s first reading is a long one! It goes into great detail, much like you’d find in a crime scene of a novel.
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Each weekday, we’re highlighting another fast-paced, entertaining and informative (or, as we like to say ‘enterforming’) episode from CatholicCentral.com. Over 50 episodes free online and each video is less than 10-minutes long. In this episode, hosts Kai and Libby discover Ignatian Meditation.
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But because he wished to justify himself, he said to Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?” (Luke 10:29) In the Parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus concretely defines who our neighbor is. Our neighbor is whoever needs our help, regardless of situation, status, skin color, or belief. Even more broadly, our neighbor is the Other, anyone who is outside of ourselves. Jesus’ ultimate example, which we are preparing to immerse ourselves in during this Lenten season, is His Passion, Death and Resurrection. Jesus’ sacrifice for us illuminates the essence of true love: willing the good of the other.
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