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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Blessed Virgin Mary | Charisms of Holy Cross | Our Lady of Sorrows | catholic family life
Holly Dodd shares how enduring life’s sorrows, just as our Blessed Mother did, can draw us closer to Christ.
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Celebrating Marian feasts | Our Lady of Sorrows | Seven Sorrows | family prayer
Catholic Mom contributor, Sherry Hayes-Peirce, shares a modern look at the Seven Sorrows of Mary, a devotion the Church promotes each September.
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Catholic Motherhood | Our Lady of Sorrows | Seven Sorrows of Mary | catholic family life
During Lent 2023, I started an adventure with a special writing project about Our Lady of Sorrows. As part of my Lenten practices, I prayed one of Mary’s Sorrows for each day of the week, which was so convenient since there were seven of them! That practice continued post-Lent, as did my writing project, and I still pray one of the Sorrows (most!) mornings. Each of Mary's Sorrows has its own inspiration, as we see how the virtues of our Blessed Mother shine through in the most traumatic moments of her life. Knowing how Mary continually leaned into God and trusted Him despite tragic circumstances helps me to try to do the same when life becomes dark and feels hopeless. It's also very comforting to know that I have a Mother who desires to console me and can understand what I'm experiencing when I face deep loss and grief.
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Catholic Mass | The Eucharist | catholic family life | educating our children
Catholic Mom contributor, AnneMarie Miller, ponders ways that we can step past Sunday-school textbooks and immerse our children in a lived experience of the Eucharist and Liturgy.
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Life Lessons | catholic family life | family prayer | sacrament of matrimony
Catholic Mom contributor Kathryn Swegart explores a surprising truth about fidelity in marriage.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Love thy Neighbor
When Pope Francis, whose birth name was Jorge Bergoglio, did one of his first major media spots after his election, the interviewer asked him the question, “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?”, and he answered, “I am a sinner.” While true, it was still a shocking opening response. It would have been as if Babe Ruth, near the end of his career, had been asked, “How would you describe yourself as a baseball player, Babe?” and he would have responded, “I’m a player who strikes out more than just about anyone else.” I mean, that was true, but it was also true that in certain seasons, Babe Ruth singlehandedly hit more home runs than almost all major league teams! Likewise, the Holy Father would have surpassed almost all of us in his prayerfulness and devotion and virtue. But he chose to lead with the truth that unites him to all of us: he is a sinner in need of God’s mercy, in need of the saving work of Jesus Christ.
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