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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
A teen-aged Mary traveled in haste from Nazareth, 70-80 miles, to visit Elizabeth. It was Elizabeth who shared her wisdom and guidance with young Mary, who was just conceived a child by the Holy Spirit. Often women, with child for the first time, seek out and listen to the voice of experience, and are comforted by that voice.
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"Mary set out and went with haste to a Judean town in the hill country, where she entered the house of Zechariah and greeted Elizabeth.” Intriguingly, Luke doesn’t tell us why Mary traveled with a haste 70-80 miles to see her cousin Elizabeth?
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This week I heard a song that stayed with me. It wasn’t one of those overplayed or catchy ones that you can’t stop hearing. Instead, it made me want to go back and listen again and think some more.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Seasonal Reflections
In the United States of 2020, we have just experienced a year unlike no other. We have dealt with a global pandemic, a contentious election, a growing fear of hunger and debt, and civil unrest in our cities. Who is to blame? Political leaders? Political parties? Billionaires? Systematic Injustices?
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Today’s saint never saw it coming … Ambrose was a politician, a catechumen, not yet baptized when he went to an assembly meeting and heard someone cry out: “Ambrose for bishop!” Then the whole assembly picked up the chant. He was shocked.
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Holy lives of inspiration | Seasonal Reflections
The Virgin Mary, I dare to say, has an invitation for you now - to journey with her to Bethlehem during this Advent! While she invites you each year, I also dare to say that this year’s invitation is particularly important, yet especially welcoming!
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