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Living Differently

A Catholic Parent's Guide to Changing the World

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  • Complete Table of Contents
  • Introduction
  • Age Quod Agis
  • Aim for Balance
  • Appreciate God’s Creation
  • Be Generous
  • Be Good in Spite of Evil
  • Be Human
  • Be Not Afraid
  • Be Open
  • Be Prepared
  • Be Who You Are Meant to Be
  • Believe
  • Celebrate
  • Choose Love
  • Do No Harm
  • Do the Small Things
  • Don’t Try To Do It All
  • Embrace Challenges
  • Family, Become What You Are
  • Find Beauty
  • Follow Christ
  • Foster Imagination
  • Give it to God
  • Go Out to the World
  • Hope
  • Inform Your Conscience
  • Live What You Believe
  • Love Life
  • Love Your Enemies
  • Love Your Spouse
  • Pay Attention
  • Play
  • Practice Cultural Discernment
  • Practice Patience
  • Propose, Don’t Presuppose
  • Read Stories
  • Recognize God’s Love for Us
  • Rejoice in the Good
  • Repent and Forgive
  • See Christ in Others
  • Seek Perspective
  • Serve Others
  • Simplify
  • Strive for an Understanding Heart
  • Take Up Your Cross
  • Take Yourself Lightly
  • Talk the Talk
  • Trust in God
  • Use Your Head
  • Witness
  • Appendix A: About Us
  • Appendix B: Book Notes
  • Appendix BB: Basking in It
  • Appendix D: Digging Deeper
  • Appendix G: Guest Essays
  • Appendix P: Praying It Pages by Topic
  • Appendix Q: Quotes Pages by Topic

Praying It: Be Open

Holy Spirit, make my heart open to the word of God; make my heart open to goodness; make my heart open to the beauty of God every day. – Pope Francis, as quoted in Lessons for Pope Francis for Children

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