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01 Jan 2017 - Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord; Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, Cycle A

A child needs both to be hugged and unhugged. The hug lets her know she is valuable. The unhug lets her know that she is viable. —Polly Berrien Berends Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. —Jean Paul

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31 Dec 2017 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Cycle B

It is necessary to go back to seeing the family as the sanctuary of life. The family is indeed sacred: It is the place in which life—the gift of God—can be properly welcomed and protected against the many attacks to which it is exposed, and can develop in accordance with what constitutes authentic human growth. —Pope John Paul II in Centesimus Annus, 1991 Jesus is the only person in recorded history whose parents thought he was a child of God rather than their own creative project and possession. —Polly Berrien Berends in Gently Lead

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30 Dec 2018 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Cycle C

A child needs both to be hugged and unhugged. The hug lets her know she is valuable. The unhug lets her know that she is viable. —Polly Berrien Berends, Gently Lead As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. –Pope John Paul II

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26 Dec 2021 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Cycle C

A child needs both to be hugged and unhugged. The hug lets her know she is valuable. The unhug lets her know that she is viable. —Polly Berrien Berends As the family goes, so goes the nation and so goes the whole world in which we live. —Pope John Paul II If we are to reach real peace in the world . . . we shall have to begin with the children . . . by going from love to love and peace to peace, until at last all corners of the world are covered with that peace and love for which the whole world hungers. —Mahatma Gandhi

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01 Jan 2023 - Octave Day of the Nativity of the Lord; Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God, Cycle A

A child needs both to be hugged and unhugged. The hug lets her know she is valuable. The unhug lets her know that she is viable. —Polly Berrien Berends Humanity is never so beautiful as when praying for forgiveness, or else forgiving another. —Jean Paul

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31 Dec 2023 - Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, Cycle B

If you want to bring happiness to the whole world, go home and love your family. —Saint Teresa of Calcutta One light feeds another. One strong family lends strength to more. One engaged community can ignite those around it. This is the power of the light we carry. —Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry The family is indeed sacred: It is the place in which life—the gift of God—can be properly welcomed and protected. —Pope John Paul II in Centesimus Annus Jesus is the only person in recorded history whose parents thought he was a child of God rather than their own creative project and possession. —Polly Berrien Berends in Gently Lead

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