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Note: Fr. Willy shares this beautiful reflection by Bishop Oscar Solis of the Diocese of Salt Lake City, Utah, on World Marriage Week, as a way to honor married couples and Valentine's Day. "World Marriage Week" Image credit: By Gabby Orcutt (2016), Unsplash.com, CC0/PD[/caption] During this week, the Church encourages the people of God to reflect on God’s gift of marriage to our Church, and offers the opportunity for couples to build up their marriage vocation. In God’s design, the Christian family is founded upon the covenant of marriage between husband and wife. Together with any children, they become the domestic church, where “they learn endurance and the joy of work, fraternal love, generous forgiveness, and above all, divine worship in prayer and the offering of one’s life” (CCC 1656-57). ... God is the important foundation of marriage and family. Through prayers, we receive God’s grace. Prayer does not take away trials and difficulties but provides hope that God’s presence brings light and peace, heals brokenness and restores all things new. Father Patrick Peyton, on whom Pope Francs bestowed the title Venerable in 2017, reminds us that “the family that prays together stays together.” Read the rest, including a prayer for married couples, at ICatholic.org. Each weekday, the homily from Daily Mass at Holy Cross Family Ministries is shared online. Visit Family Rosary: World at Prayer and sign up to receive notifications of each day's homily.
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Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C.

Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C.

Father Wilfred J. Raymond, C.S.C. (Father Willy), a native of Old Town, Maine, is the eighth of 12 children. He joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1964 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1971. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Stonehill College in 1967 and a master’s in Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 1971. He served in ministry at Stonehill College (1979-1992), Holy Cross leadership (1994-2000), National Director of Family Theater Productions, Hollywood (2000-2014), and President of Holy Cross Family Ministries (2014-2022). In addition to English, he is conversant in French and Spanish. He remains a diehard fan of the Boston Red Sox, even though he has served as Chaplain for the Los Angeles Dodgers.