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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
Relationship Building...
"Relationship building is an end in itself... The starting point and the primary goal in all our connections with [our] children ought to be the relationship itself, not conduct or behavior... "When I look at how I speak with my daughter, most of the time it's to get her to do something, or to teach her something, or somehow to change her behavior. It's rarely about just being together and enjoying her." "
Gordon Neufeld and Gabor Mate, in "Hold On To Your Kids", Ballantine Books, New York, c2004, p180-181
posted by Holly at 3:54 PM
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Mortifying Fear...
"The greatest weakness in an apostle is fear. What gives rise to fear is lack of confidence in the power of the Lord."
Cardinal Wyszyñski in "Rise, Let Us Be On Our Way" by Pope John Paul II
posted by Holly at 3:26 PM
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Seeking Tranquility...
"The enemy of tranquility in the hearts of God's people is confusion. A confused person cannot think straight. Today we have a tremendous number of confused Christians... How does one get confused? By allowing disorder to enter one's mind and heart. How does one get 'unconfused'? By seeking first the order of the kingdom. This means taking time out from activity, from even 'doing good', and entering into the great silence of the Lord. Alone in that silence, bible in hand, slowly the terrible noise inside us will die, and the voice of God will be heard. The [Scriptures]...are another incarnation of Christ, [which] will speak to us in depth, and we shall clearly see which are the first items on our agenda. Unless we do this, it is to be feared that we shall be drowned in our own inner noise..."
Catherine Doberty in "The Gospel Without Compromise", Ave Maria Press, Indiana, 1976, pp40-41
posted by Holly at 2:10 PM
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To Consciously Impose Order on Our Lives
"When there are lots of things to do you have to establish priorities, to get organised. Many difficulties stem from downright disorder. There are women who do hundreds of things and all of them well because they are well organised and have courageously imposed order on all their work. They know how to concentrate at each moment on what they have to do, without getting worried about what is round the corner, or what they might have been able to do before. Others are overwhelmed by all that there is to do, and because they are overwhelmed, they do nothing."
From: Conversations with Msgr. Jose Maria Escrivá de Balaguer, no. 88
Jose Maria Escriva's Writings
posted by Holly at 4:27 PM
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