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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
We are all called to holiness, and within the vocation of marriage, we know that we are called to lay down our lives for our families. We discern, on an ongoing basis, how we are called to love and serve and what we should be prioritizing.
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The story of my Catholic background is pretty anticlimactic. I was baptized as a baby. That’s it.
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I once thought of Thomas the Apostle with disdain. How could he not believe? He witnessed Jesus do miracles! Jesus told him He was going to rise from the dead! Multiple witnesses said they saw him alive! Why was it so hard to believe?
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It was mid-morning and the sun had finally dissolved the fog from the cool, damp night. I saw that some of the leaves still glistened with dampness. Making the bed I pulled the white and periwinkle quilt up and over the pillows and glanced out the upstairs window. The blue Rose-of-Sharon grows just below. Moving about the blossoms was a Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
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“Mary was a widow. Why doesn’t anyone ever talk about that?” asked a church friend of mine, twice widowed herself.
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