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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
Father Norris Clark, A Jesuit priest from Fordham traveled to India to visit a Buddhist Monastery. During his visit, the abbot invited him to a meeting with several of the monks who spoke English. The Abbot said, "Obviously our two religions are very different but similar in their roots, in the depths of their essence."
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I hope and pray you love your parish Church! I hope it’s a beautiful space and that you feel at home there. As restrictions are lifting, we all should be going back to Sunday Masses in our parishes in as much as one can safely go. Some places this may not be possible yet, and for some people it still may not be safe. Our local parish churches should be beautiful…I don’t mean lavish or luxurious, but rather places of peace for celebrating the Eucharist and the Sacrifice of the New and Eternal Covenant.
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The weather here in Massachusetts has changed, and we’ve also set our clocks one hour back. In the Church, we’re getting ready for the end of the Liturgical year. This is a time when we look forward to God coming to us as a newborn child. But first, we must prepare by realizing that living by Jesus’ values comes at a cost.
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"Those who have never been told of him shall see, and those who have never heard of him shall understand." When St. Paul spoke those words, he was describing his approach to bringing the message of Jesus Christ to people. He was always in search of new territory, seeking out people who were unfamiliar with Jesus and His message for us.
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Today, All Souls Day, is about praying for deceased relatives, friends, and other souls in purgatory. This is a particularly difficult homily to deliver for two reasons. First, it touches a topic most of us don’t like to hear about: death and what happens after. We know we can't avoid it. But most of us think if we don't talk about it, it won't happen, at least not for a long time.
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"Oh, when the saints go marching in; oh, when the saints go marching in, Oh, how, I want to be in that number when the saints go marching in!" We’d sing that song every day in a big cafeteria at one of the meals served to the campers and counselors at E.C. Week at Camp Fatima in New Hampshire. The E.C. stands for exceptional citizens: people who have Down’s syndrome, Muscular Dystrophy, and so many other challenges that they face every day.
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