Graced Moments BY BISHOP NEAL J. BUCKON
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very Christmas we commemorate the travel of Mary and Joseph, a recently married couple, to Bethlehem where Jesus, our Savior, was born. On the Sunday following Christmas Day, the Universal Church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Family. Marriage, childbearing, and family life were very much a part of God’s plan in the history of our salvation; and they remain prominent priorities in the Church today. I like to think of the celebrations of the sacrament of holy matrimony and the sacrament of baptism as “Graced Moments.” God blesses the bride and the groom with a special grace on their wedding day. But this wedding day is also a graced moment for the family and friends who pray as the man and woman join together for life. In a similar way, during an infant baptism the child is
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