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Reflections of Family and Faith

"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

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Moving Toward Heaven: Family Reflection Video

Today we welcomed a very special guest to the Father Peyton Center who inspired us with his uplifting words.

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Why pray?

Power of Love: Family Reflection Video

When the power of love overcomes the love of power.

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Prayer, A Saving Power of God: Family Reflection Video

“Fairy tales are more than true, not because they tell us that dragons exist but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten” and contain the classic promise of ‘happily ever after.’ (G. K. Chesterton)

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Healing the family

The Oscars: Family Reflection Video

I was happy to celebrate the Mass for the movie director of It’s a Wonderful Life, It Happened One Night, You Can’t Take It with You, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.

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CatholicMom  |  Celebrating family life

The Hardest Part of Parenting

Parenting is hard. Sleepless nights, barf, tantrums, food wars, rainy soccer games, bickering, carpools and endless pairs of new shoes. There is exhaustion — physical, mental and emotional. Questioning my decisions. Falling into the comparison trap and the fear that climbing out is impossible. The sadness of knowing they will leave one day and sometimes hoping that day comes soon.

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CatholicMom  |  Celebrating family life  |  Seasonal Reflections

Serving Your Household this Lent

In this series, we’re talking about serving our household during Lent. In the last post, I explained that I felt God was calling me to serve my household instead of stacking up a bunch of spiritual practices, which is what I enjoy doing for Lent. He gently asked me to set myself down and to do what He asked which is to serve my household. To be fair, I’m not very good at serving my household, so it doesn’t surprise me that God wants me to die to myself, experience some discomfort and tackle homemaking and quality time with my family.

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