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"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton

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Wrestling With God - Family Reflection Video

Although I'm not a big boxing or wrestling fan, Mary Kom makes the sport interesting for Indians. Defeating world-renowned North Korean Jang Song Ae in boxing, Mary returned home as a hero.

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The Cry of the Poor - Family Reflection Video

In the Book of Genesis, we learn that Abraham’s life doesn't always go smoothly, even after God blesses him and his wife, Sarah, with a son, Isaac, in their old age.

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Full Communion - Family Reflection Video

Yesterday, Father Fred, Father Pinto, Father Boby, and I had a day of recollection. We went to an exotic place called East Freetown, Massachusetts. Actually, it’s not a resort community but a parish named St. John Neumann. It is also the location of a former Catholic summer camp that I attended as a child. It’s a beautiful location on a lake surrounded by tall oak trees. As we began our day, I shared that the first time I was at this location, I was nine years old — just twenty years ago! In reality, it was in 1974 when President Nixon resigned!

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Vengeance is not Sweet – Family Reflection Video

It is amazing how many films have been made about vengeance. The most successful story of long-drawn-out vengeance is that of The Count of Monte Cristo. It is the classic tale by French novelist Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) about Edmond Dantes, who spends years in prison unjustly but escapes to seek revenge on the enemies who framed him. Between 1934 and 1975, at least four versions were produced under the title The Count of Monte Cristo.

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The Power of Our Actions - Family Reflection Video

I don’t have any scientific data, but I’m willing to bet that St. Anthony of Padua is in the top ten for people’s intercessory prayers! Whenever we’d lose something in my family, my Mom would tell us to pray to St. Anthony, and we’d find it … and like our friends’ experiences, he had a great track record of success in the Marcham home, resulting in donations to the Franciscans in Boston.

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The Beatitudes: Not so Easy - Family Reflection Video

In 1998 I entered the novitiate as part of my Seminary formation. At our initiation to the novitiate, along with the Constitution of the congregation, we were given a best-selling book The Road Less Travelled by Scott Peck. The book’s first sentence starts with “Life is difficult.” If I may add, “Christian life is more difficult.” The Beatitudes are a call to us to see ourselves, to live with ourselves in a way that probably does not come easily to most of us.”

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