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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
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On September 8 each year, we celebrate not just a birthday, but the dawn of hope. The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary marks the tender beginning of God’s promise—through the birth of a daughter who would become the Mother of our Savior. Mary’s life offers families today a model, especially in a world where parents juggle endless demands, children face digital distractions, and households often feel scattered. Her example speaks through three simple but powerful qualities: humble presence, hungry hearts, and sacred wisdom.
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St. Paul and St. Mother Teresa direct us to seeing God in this world, amidst the ordinary and challenging times that we face. St. Paul reminds us that “Christ Jesus is the image of the invisible God, the first born of all creation. Over two thousand years later, it’s easy to fly by those words, especially: “…the image of the invisible God.” If we stop to think about it, we like the first Christians are seeking to see God too…we sensate beings crave for visual, auditory, and tactile proof like the first disciples after Jesus’ resurrection.
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In today’s Gospel, we find a powerful snapshot of the Christian life. Jesus enters a home filled with worry. Peter’s mother-in-law is sick, burning with fever. Without hesitation, without conditions, Jesus goes to her, rebukes the fever, and heals her. Her response is immediate and beautiful: she gets up and serves them.
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Every week on a Monday I visit Good Samaritan Hospital in Brockton or what is now known as Boston Medicals South. The hospital chaplain once in our conversation told me something striking. He said, “You can always tell when a great experienced doctor has walked into the room. It’s not just the white coat, it’s the atmosphere. Patients sit up straighter, nurses move with more confidence, and even the families waiting outside breathe easier. It’s not that the illness disappears instantly. It’s that the presence of authority that changes the air.”
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Today in the gospel we hear about the elaborate celebration of the birthday of King Herod that ended with the killing of John the Baptist. A king got so excited at his birthday celebration that he made all manner of promises that ended in the killing John the Baptist! In the drama that unfolds in our gospel today, there are three main characters – Herod, John the Baptist, and Herodias. From each one of them we learn a lesson about human life.
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My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, today we celebrate the feast of Saint Augustine, a great Doctor of the Church whose restless heart finally found peace in God. His conversion is one of the most powerful stories of grace in the history of the Church. Yet we must remember that his transformation was not only the work of God’s grace but also the fruit of the persistent prayers of his mother, Saint Monica, who never gave up on her son.
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