The Vocation of Motherhood and Family Life
Everyone will tell you you can’t obtain a perfect life. No one is perfect, and there’s no truer statement, but could it be possible to not be perfect, yet live a perfect life. In a nutshell I say, “Yes! Indeed it can be done.” My gut feeling is telling me you’re about roll your eyes…
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“You must be holy in the way God asks you to be holy. God does not ask you to be a Trappist Monk or a Hermit. He wills that you sanctify your everyday life.” -St. Vincent Palloti I read this quote for the first time late last night, and it struck me. Actually it struck…
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With a name like St. Martha’s Lens, I’m sure you are not surprised to hear I’m Catholic. For some readers that sentence may drive them to exit out of this blog and never return. I wish you wouldn’t, but I refuse to change who I am to gain followers. I’m what they call a “cradle…
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Happy New Year Folks! What are your resolutions for 2018? I’m really hopeful this year will be just as blessed as last year, maybe even more. I love hearing how positive people are near the beginning of the new year. Friends and family looking forward to starting fresh and doing something great for themselves warms…
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I expected to learn a great deal about being a good mother and even a little about being a great human being, but I was shocked to see a marriage strengthen, more than once, where others deteriorate dramatically.
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Hello to you! Has it been awhile since you’ve heard from me? Of course it has, and would you care to know why? I had to put my family first. Don’t worry, we didn’t have any family deaths, or illnesses, nor a house fire or encounter a natural disaster. We just had life blow up…
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we have responsibilities to be disciples and part of that is discipling our children first.
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What good comes out of struggling I meet a lot of people who have a hard time letting their kids struggle. Either they refuse to let their child toil over anything, or they want to see their child figure stuff out for themselves, but it hurts too much to watch them fail. I’m not too…
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