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Welcome to "Thoughts for Moms"
Dear Friends,
"Thoughts for Mom" is a special place to receive spiritual
sustenance related to the vocation of motherhood. Here I will post
various reflections — from popes, saints, and Catholic writers,
to my thoughts and yours — to help us better live our mission
as Moms, and to help us give our vocation the depth of meaning God
intended it to have.
Once
more, you and I both have something to share, so please join me
in adding meditations and personal insights in the comments section
under each post, or contacting me at holly@mothersruleoflife.com
with your own reflection to add.
God Bless,
Holly Pierlot
In a Silent Heart God Whispers...
"We live in an age that is activist, filled with endless noise. I wouldn't call this age so much "the nuclear age" or "the computer age" as I would call it "the age of noise". We live under a constant bombardment of the mind, and of the very cells of our flesh, by all the sources of noise in our world... There is simply too much stimuli and information pouring in all the time... There is not enough silence in our own hearts. We are busy about many urgently needed tasks: heroic tasks, holy tasks, often prophetic tasks... And so the temptation or the tendency grows, to become busier and busier, to do more, and more, and more..."
Michael O'Brien, at http://studiobrien.com, Talk Transcript from National Pro-Life Convention, Toronto, 25-27 Nov 1999: "Saving Lives-Saving Souls: A Spiritual Strategy for the Third Millenium"
posted by Holly at 10:49 AM
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Don't Give in to Discouragement
"Don't give in to discouragement...If you are discouraged, it is a sign of pride because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never bother about people's opinions. Be humble and you will never be disturbed. It is very difficult in practice because we all want to see the result of our work. Leave it to Jesus..."
Mother Teresa in "Total Surrender", Ed. Bros Angelo Devananda, Michigan, Servant Publications, 1985, p119
posted by Holly at 9:28 AM
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Our Mothering Work Is His...
"Never do the work carelessly...Remember, the work is His. You are [God's] co-worker. Therefore, He depends on you for that special work. Do the work with Him, and the work will be done for Him. The talents God has given you are not yours - they have been given to you for your use, for the glory of God. You may feel very bad, but feelings are not the measure of our love for Christ. It is our will and our work that matters. Be great, and use everything in you for the good Master..."
Mother Theresa in "Total Surrender", Ed. Bros Angelo Devananda, Michigan, Servant Publications, 1985, p119-120
posted by Holly at 9:38 PM
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Work, Messy Homes & Complaining Kids...
"All around us we see the fruits,the evidence of work...Wherever we look, everything is the fruit of some work. If we take even the smallest sector of life, we see how progress has come through work. This very progress opens up new fields of activity. The job that we have already done makes the next one possible and makes its performance easier. The further we proceed with it, the quicker, the more skillful, fruitful and useful it becomes. We work more but we do it with greater ease."
Stephan Cardinal Wyszynski, in "All You Who Labor: Work and the Sanctification of Daily Life", New Hampshire, Sophia Institute Press, 1995, pp9-10
posted by Holly at 1:08 PM
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True Peace of Heart & Life
"Whether I know myself or not, whether I like my life or not, I and my life will be judged on one single issue of conformity. Am I one with God's will? ... Wanting what God wants is the only true peace, the only happiness worth having. If I want to be someone whom God has not thought of as me, I am heading away from true happiness and peace. I am heading away from my true self."
Dom Hubert Van Zellar, "How to Find God and Discover Your True Self in the Process", New Hampshire, Sophia Institute Press, 1957/1998, pp22-23
posted by Holly at 3:08 PM
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