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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
I have always been fascinated by daily prayer rituals. Do you pray the rosary as you fold laundry? Listen to the daily Mass readings on a podcast as you clean the house? Pray in the car?
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Each time something horrible happens in our world, I find myself having the same conversation with one person or another: “Do you think this is the end?” It used to make me very anxious. “No man knows the day,” so it very well might be, right? If it is, what am I doing bothering with learning, shopping, cleaning, or anything? It would all be pointless.
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Almost every evening as I head home from work, there is a homeless veteran conveniently perched at the end of the highway exit where cars line up at a red light. He is there in the cold and snow, the clouds and sun. At first I felt compassion for the guy and wondered how I could help, but as he appeared day after day, week after week, I began to get angry.
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My church feels like it’s imploding but I’m not leaving.
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As an author, the desire for success is hard-wired into my efforts. I assume it’s the same for you. If we are going to work at something, we want to do well at it.
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My seven-year-old was excited when I asked her to help me with the laundry. I never asked for help with chores because somewhere along the fast-moving line of motherhood, I concluded that it was easier and faster to do it myself.
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