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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
On The Way to Simplicity of Life and Heart
"Ask yourself if your stuff makes you feel good, if you really need it, if it's outdated, if it inspires you, if your life will change if you let it go. "
Katherine Gibson, author of "Unclutter Your Life", quoted in "You Can Be A Clutter Cutter" in Reader's Digest, Montreal, QC, January 2008, p98
posted by Holly at 3:25 PM
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Setting Our Hearts on Fire
"Faith seeks understanding. It is intrinsic to faith that a believer desires to know better the One in whom he has put his faith and to understand better what He has revealed; a more penetrating knowledge will in turn call forth a greater faith, increasingly set afire by love. The grace of faith opens the eyes of your hearts ..."
Catechism of the Catholic Church #158
posted by Holly at 2:14 PM
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Be Converted Anew - Every Day
"We must all be converted anew every day... If we have the duty of helping others to be converted, we have to do the same continuously in our own lives. Being converted means...meditating on the infinite goodness and love of Christ, Who has addressed each of us and, calling us by name, has said, "Follow me." Being converted means continually 'giving an account' before the Lord of our hearts about our service, our zeal and our fidelity, for we are Christ's servants...Being converted also means 'giving an account' of our negligences and sins, of our timidity, of our lack of faith and hope, of our thinking only 'in a human way' and not in a 'divine way'...[we must be] always beginning anew and every day progressing, overcoming ourselves, making spiritual conquests, giving cheerfully, for 'God loves a cheerful giver.' Being converted means 'to pray continually and never lose heart.' In a certain way, prayer is the first and last condition for conversion, spiritual progress and holiness."
Pope John Paul II, Redemptor Hominis 8, trans. Vatican Polygot Press (Boston, St Paul editions
posted by Holly at 9:44 PM
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Neglecting Our Own Needs - A No-No!
"...he who devotes himself to the conversion of souls and forgets the wants of his own soul falls into a...dangerous illusion. God wills that we should love our neighbour as ourselves, but not more than ourselves; that is, our love of neighbour should not induce us to neglect ourselves...
Bernard of Clairvaux wrote the following words to Pope Eugenius III: "If you are devoted to everybody, be also devoted to yourself. Otherwise what would it profit you to devote yourself to everyone, if you were to be lost? Reserve also some time, some care for yourself... Begin by first taking care of yourself. In vain would you devote yourself to the care of others, if you were to neglect your ownself. Care for yourself first and last..." "
from "Inner Strength for Active Apostles" byFr Jean-Baptiste Chautard, SophiaInstitute Press, Manchester, NH, 2003, pp34-35.
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