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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
As we celebrate today the memorial of St. Monica who was spiritually awake herself but struggled a long time for her son Augustine to awaken him spiritually, Jesus, in today’s Gospel invites us to “stay awake!” Perhaps this profound message is significant today, as we are stressed out by the pandemic. As I navigated through the passage, several thoughts came to my mind: some baffling and mystifying, and some provoking and electrifying. Baffling and mystifying because they nudged and awakened my spiritual vulnerabilities and interior dispositions. Provoking and electrifying because they called me to action to prevent the “thieves” from breaking into my house: my spiritual life.
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In some places, students are anticipating the transition back to school. In our present circumstance, it appears schools will be dealing with increased challenges and divergent perspectives.
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The title of the popular 1960’s self-help book, I’m O.K.; You’re O.K., popped into my head as the antithesis of Jesus’ warning to the scribes and Pharisees in today’s gospel. In an age when we’re told to think positively about ourselves, many still wrestle with low self-confidence and even depression.
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Little children want so much to navigate this big world in the same manner that adults do. Charisse Tierney hopes to be as joyfully receptive as they are.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Why pray?
An elderly cousin called me the other day. I say elderly because she is in her early 90’S. She was in a bit of a panic.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Strengthening family unity
Traditions say that the apostle Bartholomew made it as far away as India to evangelize and after some time, followed trade routes up to Armenia! That’s a pretty impressive missionary career! He and his good friend, the Apostle Jude, got the evangelization off to a good start.
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