MP 031: Family Pilgrimages
Messy Family Podcast : Catholic Conversations on Marriage and Family
Mike and Alicia Hernon : Catholic Marriage Parent and Family
4.9 • 841 Ratings
🗓️ 6 October 2015
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
"To go on pilgrimage really means to step out of ourselves to encounter God where He has revealed Himself, where His grace has shone with particular splendor, and produced rich fruits of conversion and holiness." ~ Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI
We as Catholics are incarnational people: part of the richness of being Catholic is that we can see and touch the elements of our faith! Bringing our children to holy sites like special shrines, homes of the saints, or places of miracles helps us to make the faith real to them. These aren't just trips: pilgrimages are spiritual journeys that bring together what we know in our hearts and what we see with our eyes. In this podcast, we share about two pilgrimages that we recently went on - to the Holy Land and to Philadelphia to see the Holy Father. Listen in as we discuss how these holy journeys have strengthened our faith and inspired our children.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Messy Parenting, a Catholic conversation on marriage and family. I'm Mike Hernan. |
| 0:09.2 | And I'm Alicia Hernan. And we've been married for 21 years, have 10 children ages 20 to 3. |
| 0:17.2 | This is a hopefully a conversation. You sound surprised that she's. I'm like, whoa, what's going on here? |
| 0:22.0 | A little crazy. |
| 0:23.6 | But, you know, our hope is that this podcast is a conversation starter for you and your spouse |
| 0:28.8 | or a support or encourage from you from maybe somebody who's either at a different place |
| 0:34.6 | or maybe ahead of you in the road, in your parenting, or even your |
| 0:39.7 | marriage. We've got people who are not necessarily married or those who are single parents. We've got |
| 0:44.6 | a lot of different people who listen in. So we don't propose to be experts, but just older brother |
| 0:50.0 | or sister. I'd like to share some of our experiences with you. |
| 0:55.2 | And I think we got a, |
| 0:56.6 | I think a pretty interesting topic, but it's also, |
| 0:57.6 | so our podcast comes from our life. |
| 0:59.7 | That's right. |
| 1:00.3 | Things that come up in our lives. |
| 1:02.1 | Whether you like it or not. |
| 1:03.5 | Exactly. |
| 1:04.4 | And recently, |
| 1:05.6 | this past month, |
| 1:06.3 | one of the reasons that we didn't do a podcast last week is because both |
| 1:09.2 | Mike and I were on pilgrimages. So we are |
| 1:12.7 | going to talk about that today and about the importance of making pilgrimages with your family. |
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