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Time to Join with Jesus on a Journey: Family Reflection Video

Time to Join with Jesus on a Journey: Family Reflection Video

Why pray?  |  Strengthening family unity

His journey is well-documented and inspirational.

When traveling to India, I was talking with some fellow passengers: a Muslim woman and a man who said he was an atheist. The man said he didn’t believe in God because God is the reason for all the violence. This thinking is not new, but it is contradictory. If he blames God for violence, then he must believe there is a God.

Historians have been able to track Jesus in history. He was a real person, who is noted to be where he says he was, as it is written in the Bible. While we can be prejudiced, and sometimes not follow Jesus, we need to have the humility to honor His teaching and guidance.

Do we listen to God’s messages for us? How is He present in those around us?

Jesus, lead us and our families toward a future full of hope! Amen.

For additional reading: Today’s Readings

About Father Pinto Paul, C.S.C.

Father Pinto Paul C.S.C., ordained a priest in the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1999, worked with tribal populations in northeast India as a missionary for ten years. In 2010 he came to the US for further studies. While working as a campus minister at Stonehill College, he assisted pastors in local parishes, led seminars and workshops for teachers and students in the US and earned a master’s degree in Educational Administration from Boston College and a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership from Lesley University, Cambridge. He is currently working as the International Director of the Boston-based Holy Cross Family Ministries with missions in 18 countries.