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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
There is no doubt about it: I’m a Martha. This fact is apparently so obvious that I was even given the role of Martha of Bethany years ago when I was involved with a Passion musical. Partly attributed to ADHD, I have an innate desire to move, plan, talk, etc. In other words, I am like so many who have a brain that never seems to stop when it should. I operate on setting and fulfilling goals, am a certified list maker, and live by a calendar – usually.
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“Quick! Look at the water!” I rolled my eyes. I was knee-deep in scraping dried chocolate off the floor, and the darn stuff wasn’t coming off. It was day eight of our 10-day beach trip and it had rained every day since we arrived. I’d spent the whole trip playing director to an increasingly mutinous crew and by that evening I had had enough.
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Are we sometimes foolish when it comes to caring for God’s creation?
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My hands clasped tightly together, I knelt at the foot of my bed in desperate prayer. I was approached by a non-religious friend who in her own way asked me how I pray, who I pray to, and why I pray.
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“How the years go by! … months are reduced to weeks, weeks to days, days to hours, and hours to seconds …” (St. Francis de Sales) Are we prepared?
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Every role we have and what uniform we wear in life come with responsibilities.
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