Category: Joy

• Being the Servant of Others

  

  “To maintain a joyful family requires much from both the parents and the children. Each member of the family has to become, in a special way, the servant of the others.” St. John Paul II Homily October 7, 1979 On Holy Thursday, the Gospel recalls the washing of the feet of the Apostles by Jesus.  He…

  Allen Hébert

  April 3, 2015

  Articles, God’s Plan for Family Life, Joy

  children, community, cousins, extended family, Family, holy family, mission, parenting, priorities, relationships, servants, service

• The Mission of the Family to Evangelize

  

  The Mission of the Family is to Guard, Reveal and Communicate Love and this sixth talk of the 2014 Central Texas Retreat for Families provides some food for thought on this subject.  Fr. Nathan Cromly, CSJ, delves into the mission of the family to evangelize other families and the world. Intro Music courtesy of K4J All audio recordings of the…

  Allen Hébert

  March 12, 2015

  Articles, Audio, Community, CTR2014, Joy, Multimedia, Talks, Unconditional Love

  evangelize, Family, holy family, relationships, Retreats

• How to Be a Father after God’s own Heart

  

  The world needs strong, faith-filled fathers who are seeking to love as God loves.

  Allen Hébert

  March 4, 2015

  Articles, Corporal Works of Mercy, Family Prayer, God’s Plan for Family Life, Joy, Marriage, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  children, church, community, death, Family, fatherhood, fun, holy family, Marriage, parenting, Play, Prayer, relationships

• Are you Afraid of Dying?

  

  Family Funerals Funerals, everybody loves attending them, right?  If you are like me, you don’t look forward to attending a funeral.  Depending on who died, it may be a very somber event.  In my forty five years on this earth I have attended funerals for the young, old and everyone in between. Funerals are a…

  Allen Hébert

  February 11, 2015

  Articles, Community, Corporal Works of Mercy, Joy, Unconditional Love, Visiting the Sick

  aunts, children, community, cousins, death, extended family, Family, funerals, gossip, holy family, love, Marriage, parenting, Prayer, presence, priorities, relationships, steve jobs, uncles

• Reflecting the Love of God

  

  A Godly marriage should be a reflection of the love that we see between God the Father and God the Son. Their love is given freely and completely without anything held back.  This love is faithful and continuously fruitful as manifested in the person of God the Holy Spirit. How can we reveal this type…

  Allen Hébert

  February 4, 2015

  Articles, Joy, Marriage

  children, Family, Marriage, parenting, priorities, relationships

• The Secret of a Holy Family

  

  12-28-2014 Feast of the Holy Family In the Beginning God the Father has a beautiful plan for the world.  He created everything, the earth, the trees, the sun, the moon, the animals and birds of the air and us.  He gave us free will so we could choose to love him in return for all…

  Allen Hébert

  December 28, 2014

  Articles, God’s Plan for Family Life, Joy

  holy family, obedience, Prayer

• Joy in the Midst of Suffering

  

  We are a Joyful People We are called to be a joyful people, not because we are always happy or that things always go our way, but because we are children of God and He loves us with a never ending love.  Christians in the early Church had great joy and that joy was infectious,…

  Allen Hébert

  December 8, 2014

  Articles, Corporal Works of Mercy, Joy, Visiting the Sick