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The word “Talitha” has significance for Talitha Cere personally, as well as for her role helping to found Momentum, a ministry for Catholic single mothers.
Before she was born, Cere’s parents were unsure of what name to give her. So, they opened the Bible to the account of Jesus raising Jairus’ daughter from the dead.
“That’s the reading they saw,” said Cere. “It spoke to them. The passage where Jesus says, ‘Little girl, Talitha koum,’ which means ‘little girl, arise.'”
“They just thought it was a beautiful passage and they chose that name,” continued Cere.
The name speaks to Cere of God opening her “to choose to live rather than die. … I think we can make that choice in life when things are difficult — to close up and go the route of shutting down and just closing in on ourselves,” she said.
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Before she was born, Cere’s parents were unsure of what name to give her. So, they opened the Bible to the account of Jesus raising Jairus’ daughter from the dead.
“That’s the reading they saw,” said Cere. “It spoke to them. The passage where Jesus says, ‘Little girl, Talitha koum,’ which means ‘little girl, arise.'”
“They just thought it was a beautiful passage and they chose that name,” continued Cere.
The name speaks to Cere of God opening her “to choose to live rather than die. … I think we can make that choice in life when things are difficult — to close up and go the route of shutting down and just closing in on ourselves,” she said.
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This ministry offers hope to Catholic single mothers
For 14 years, Talitha Cere was a single mom. While rooted in a good Catholic community, she always felt that the Church needed to offer more accompaniment and support for mothers like her. So she did something about it.
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