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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Holy lives of inspiration | Why pray?
A pastor asked his parishioners to pray for rain since there was a serious drought. As they were praying the pastor looked around and began criticizing the group for what he called their lack of faith. One parishioner sheepishly spoke up and said, "but father we do have faith, we showed up, didn’t we?" To which the pastor replied, "Why didn’t anyone bring an umbrella?"
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On Friday, April 1, 2005, Hal Fishman, television anchor for KTLA, Channel 5, in Los Angeles, and Stan Chambers, the distinguished elder stateman of television news since 1947 - decided to do a program on the legacy of Pope John Paul II, who was dying in Rome. I was invited to this live, on-air discussion.
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Subtle in tonal values or exploding in a riot of color, creating a Mary garden is growing delight — in you, for others who visit, and with Our Holy Mother.
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I just returned from a short (but wonderful!) trip to Georgia. I had received an email from a high school religion teacher, who had shown our documentary film, PRAY, about the life and mission of Father Peyton. Her tenth grade students were so moved by the film, that they decided to organize a Rosary Rally...
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May we learn to be the king’s good servant, but God’s first. Saints John Fisher and Thomas More, two learned and devout Catholics, were put to death by King Henry the VIII because each of them refused to support Henry’s intention to divorce his wife and marry another woman - in opposition to Catholic teaching and papal authority. What became of these two men?
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Holy lives of inspiration | Love thy Neighbor
When I was a kid, we used to love watching the "The Three Stooges." It's a special genre, the old vaudevillian, exaggerated physical comedy; "The Three Stooges" featuring Moe, Larry, and Curley. The question from today’s gospel, "Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye", always makes me smile and think about that classic show - but also the reality of how I'm doing when it comes to "measuring" my own faults.
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