Building a Culture of Faith as a Family

Show Notes

On this episode, Nicole and Rakhi discuss ways to celebrate important days in the Church by making them part of both your faith culture and your family’s culture. They share ideas from their own families to celebrate this Sunday’s scripture, the Memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, and the upcoming holy day of obligation for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

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(2:18) Nicole introduces the gospel passage for the upcoming Sunday in which the apostles are invited by Jesus to walk on water, the upcoming Memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, and the upcoming holy day of obligation for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. She says the hosts will talk about ways to celebrate important days within your faith culture and the culture of your own family.

(3:50) Rakhi says these days are the perfect opportunity to live a rich, joyful life in Christ. Nicole says this Sunday is about how Jesus invites us to be close to him even when life gets stormy.

(5:28) Rakhi shares how she feels connected with Peter in the story of walking on water and says that the way Jesus rescues Peter even in his doubt is a powerful image of how God continually rescues us into His embrace.

(8:28) Nicole shares fun water-related ideas to tie in to this gospel story as a family.

(8:50) Nicole discusses the Memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe who she says is a good example of how to imitate Christ and shares how her family connects with him.

(9:20) Rakhi discusses the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a holy day of obligation, and how to explain it to children.

(13:05) Nicole shares how she celebrates the Assumption with her kids. Rakhi says that we celebrate these moments the Church gives us to remember the joy that exists in being Jesus’ children.

(16:12) Nicole says the challenge this week is to find some way to celebrate to help your family enter the culture of the faith and find a way to make that part of your family’s culture. Rakhi says to think about what your family culture is and what you’d like it to be.