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Reflections of Family and Faith
"The family that prays together stays together." - Venerable Patrick Peyton
So much is happening this Holy Week. Palm Sunday begins with the triumphant entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem, and ended with his death on the cross. This Holy Week brings about special reflections Jesus, and of the persons of Isaiah, Judas, and the Beloved Disciple, Peter.
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“Why is this night different from all other nights?” asks the child as his family celebrates the Passover supper, as all observant Jewish families have done each year for 3300 years –since Moses led the Hebrews out of slavery in Egypt. This is not merely a common remembering; each Jewish person at the supper is to take the event as present, as a personal experience of the liberation. This is a way of remembering that is woven into the Holy Scriptures: as God’s saving works are remembered, they indeed become present to us. God continues to save His people. In the Old Testament, the ritual of the Passover is the most intense example of this kind of remembrance.
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Yesterday, as we celebrated Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, I was moved by memories of previous Holy Weeks—the snapshot moments and the spiritual comfort that accompany them.
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As I sat down to contemplate Palm Sunday and what it means to me, of course many things went through my mind. My thoughts moved quickly from the standard, traditional thoughts about Palm Sunday to my current “pandemic-view-of-the-world” perspective.
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Learn more about our faith | Seasonal Reflections
Today is Friday of the 5th Week of Lent. We are about to enter Holy Week, when all Christians, and Christian families, are called to remember vividly the events of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus.
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Celebrating family life | Seasonal Reflections
We are looking forward to spring as it brings so many inviting days for taking nature walks. We recently happened to pass by a shoreline nature preserve where we had walked over a year ago. The memory was vivid as the day was bright with sun, windy, and cold – a perfect winter day for walking.
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