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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Celebrating family life | Why pray?
Download or view these beautiful reflections to host a very special Mother’s Day Family Rosary Prayer. The priests serving here at the Father Peyton Center want to extend our greetings and offer our prayers for all mothers this Mother’s Day with a gift of 50 Beads for Our Mothers, the Glorious Mysteries of the Family Rosary. Pray together as a family at home, outside with social distancing or online. Simply forward the document to everyone ahead of time so they can follow along. (There are helpful notes throughout the document for families new to Rosary prayer.)
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For centuries, people have turned to the Psalms to find expressions of the joys and frustrations of life and faith. Humans still being humans, they’re as relevant today as they were when they were written.
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If you understand this blessed are you if you do it? What was Jesus referring to when he asked this in the gospel, we heard at mass today. Recall that he had just washed the feet of the disciples and he was modeling for them a behavior. He was instructing his followers about service, humility and self- sacrifice. Then he said, if you understand this blessed are you if you do it. And ever since people have been doing it.
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You know, those Rosary beads you may have hanging somewhere or been given as a gift … if you’ve never thought about praying with them, now is as good a time as any to start.
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Welcome back friends. The third charism of the congregation of Holy Cross is: The Cross, Our Only Hope. I'm going to reflect on this charism in two parts. This week I'd like to spend our short time together thinking about the The Paschal Mystery.
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“I love my mother.” “I love my dog.” “I love ice cream.” The word “love” gets thrown around a lot, but what do we mean when we say we love different things? Luckily, the Greeks have different words for that.
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