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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
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
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
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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At times, it may be easy to stray from God’s path and fall into the clutches of evil, but we must never forget this truth:
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There we stood; at the gaping mouth of the cave known as The Gates of Hell.
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I was unsure if this was the path for me so I pleaded, “God, give me a sign to prove that you really want me to be a priest.”
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