Growing up it was not uncommon to find inspirational quotes and notes throughout our home. My Mom would post tips for good habits, good living, and faithful inspiration on bathroom mirrors, the refrigerator, on her desk, and throughout the house. They were little reminders to all of us. The quotes came from a variety of sources, anything from a motivational book to the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The options were endless. Now that I have my own home, I {Read More}
I love gardening. And I have always wanted to have a Mary garden. It just hadn’t happened till now. What better way to celebrate May than with a Mary garden! Having a Mary garden is a very simply way to honor the Blessed Mother, it’s easy to do with children and can enhance our own devotion to Mary as well. It’s not difficult to do and pretty self explanatory. The most important part of the Mary garden are the flowers. {Read More}
The new year is a great chance to start a new prayer routine, if you don’t already have one in place. Here are five tips for adding more prayer to your days. 1. Make a Holy Hour. If you don’t already make a holy hour, it’s never a bad time to begin. It doesn’t have to be a whole hour but can be just a few minutes. Make your holy visit with your prayer intentions in mind. For example, as {Read More}
I decided that it might be fun to share some printables here at Catholic Mothers Online. I hope that they will be useful to some of you for homeschooling or just some home practice. If there seems to be interest in a variety of printables (not always just handwriting) here on Catholic Mothers Online, I’ll plan to keep posting them. This week’s printable… Topic or Skill: Handwriting Practice (Could also be used as a prayer journal page) Text: Sign of {Read More}
I recently read the book Be Holy: A Catholic’s Guide to the Spiritual Life by Father Thomas G. Morrow. It is a wonderful guide for any Catholic–no matter where you are in your spiritual journey–and it has jump started my relationship with God and my desire to be more like Him. The book starts out by explaining what it means to be holy, why we should want to be holy, heaven, hell, and purgatory. Then it gives examples of what {Read More}
I recently grabbed a copy of Fr. Larry Richards book Surrender! The Life Changing Power of Doing God’s Will. One of my goals in this year is to focus on letting go of the things I cannot control in order to allow God to move more clearly in my life. In general, I tend to get in His way and I thought I could use a little help in the surrender department. I haven’t finished the book yet because I’ve {Read More}
Putting faith into action isn’t as hard as it may seem. We are all called to be holy, to live lives of grace, but how do we put our faith in Jesus Christ into action on a daily basis? Here are some ideas that may help you get started: 1. Receive the Sacraments. As Catholics, we are so blessed to be able to have guaranteed ways to receive grace. That is the gift of the sacraments. Attend Mass and go {Read More}
We have begun to be say some new (but actually old) words at Mass starting this Advent. As regards the new translation of the Roman Missal, I have two very important jobs. 1: the job of teaching my family about the changes 2: the job of teaching and supporting the changes within the faithful flock of my parish, especially the teens in my Confirmation program. The first poses some interesting hurdles because my children are small and don’t know the {Read More}
