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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
We tend to pay attention to “first-time” experiences, our first love, a first baby, first day of school, a first job, and so on. “Firsts” invite us to look around and see what is happening. A “first time” has within it a finality; there can be only one “first,” yet it is often the “first of many,” the initiation into a continuing, unfolding, repeating experience.
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We are making ready for this year’s garden planting. We have some mint in the garden that scents the air whenever we weed around the plant – a sensory reminder that life and growth give hope and joy. Tending the garden is at times fun, rewarding, tedious, and laborious. I have to admit that I have difficulty finding joy in weeding. Attitude is important.
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Celebrating family life | Learn more about our faith
As we talk about today’s Gospel text, I’d like to offer some “previews of coming attractions”!
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Many years ago, our daughter was having a predictable day teaching her elementary school class. Predictable, planned, routinized days are, from my own experience, a blessing. At one point in the day, she realized her engagement ring was missing. There are a lot of places in a busy classroom where a ring could slip off her finger. An intense search began, retracing steps, checking the likely places – nowhere to be found.
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Celebrating family life | Holy lives of inspiration
At seven years old, I am not sure I knew what the theology of the Eucharist was. I do remember walking home from Saturday morning class, picking a wildflower along the way and repeating three great mysteries: Blessed Trinity, Incarnation and Redemption. I had to recall these in order to be eligible for First Communion. First Communion was the number one priority and the central goal of my life for months.
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Get ready for the 2nd Annual Museum of Family Prayer Mary Garden Contest! It is to be launched officially on May 24, the Feast of Mary, Mother of the Church, but now, as it is Earth Day, we want to give a “heads up” to all you gardeners and gardener “wannabes” so you can include this in your garden planning.
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