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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
We Can't Saturate Ourselves
"If we're living the gospel, we don't get every need, every help, every preference, every luxury met. If we don't deny ourselves, we're not living in an awareness of the rest of the world and the situation of the people around and beyond our neighborhood... There [exists] a world of not having enough, that lacks the basics. We reinforce our blindness when we buy and accumulate what we don't need, what isn't particularly helpful, what should be occasional. Luxury is [meant to be] an occasional boon, not a constant indulgence...
"In examining our needs in the light of the gospel, we find this: if you have all of your needs met, all of [what] helps [you] met, most of your preferences met and most of your luxuries met, you are not living a gospel life. You are blind to the real world, especially the poor.
"We can't saturate ourselves with what other people need for basics and still be living a gospel life. We never really heard that passage "If somebody has no coat, give him yours and your shirt as well." We didn't really hear those messages if we fulfill every eating desire. It doesn't take long or seem hard to understand this process, but you may find some real emotional blocks as you try to carry it out, especially in this area of food. Mostly in our society, we eat too much."
Sr. Jose Hobday in "Simple Living: The Path to Joy and Freedom", Continuum Publishing Company, NY, 1999, p33
posted by Holly at 12:08 PM
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Our Obligation to Give so Others Can Live
"In wealthier nations, when hard times hit, we cut back on discretionary spending. We eat out less frequently, we cut back on movies, we are more careful with our energy usage... The destitute, who are already barely existing on less than one or two dollars a day, are faced with enormous price increases on the staple foods on which their very survival depends. What do they cut back on?"
Food for the Poor , http://www.foodforthepoor.org/newshaitiemail
posted by Holly at 12:59 PM
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