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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Happiness | family life | prayer
I’ve always liked to shop. The artfully arranged displays, colors folded into precise geometric shapes, and an assortment of curated merchandise make me feel hopeful. Hope that I could be more attractive. Hope that I would be enough. Hope that having something was the same as having it all together. Unlike the price tag, the promise of such things wasn’t explicit. It was in the garments hung in rainbow-colored order, the soft lighting, the scent of a lit candle, and the melodic music that lulled me into thinking I wasn’t just purchasing a shirt but an assurance of a better life.
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Ben Carson faced the greatest challenge of his life: the separation of seven-month-old Siamese twins. The surgical team practiced the procedures for weeks because even a slight error could cost lives. During the fourteen-hour operation, Carson said, "We did our best. The rest is God's." Today, he is one of the most celebrated pediatric neurosurgeons in the world.
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Healing the family | Strengthening family unity
In Father Willy Raymond's homily, he recounts a moving story of the importance of putting God and family first.
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I’ve been thinking about birthdays lately. Perhaps this is because both my wife and I have celebrations coming soon. Birthdays have a way of surfacing a lot of feelings and memories. When our granddaughter turned two years old, there was the usual gathering of friends and family to celebrate. The children wore festive birthday hats. During the happy, fun-filled event, the birthday girl happened to pull the elastic below her chin that held her hat in place.
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Healing the family | Learn more about our faith
In the Book of Genesis, we learn that Abraham’s life doesn't always go smoothly, even after God blesses him and his wife, Sarah, with a son, Isaac, in their old age.
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family life | sharing the gospel | teaching virtue
What if gossiping didn't have a negative meaning? What if it were a way to spread the Good News? I heard a phrase several weeks ago and it has stuck like glue. I’ve been taking my time trying to figure out what I was supposed to do with it and today it all came together. The phrase is: go forth and gossip the Gospel! Given the fact that gossip has a typically negative meaning and is often something Christians try to avoid, it needed some thought.
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