Tag: #moms

“The Anchor”… the “hub” of all sanity

Who is yours?

Do you recognize it at such?

Are you grateful for it?

This past month, I have realized a friend of mine is the anchor in the midst of all chaos in her household.

She has weathered the storms of home renovation, ill husband, healing father, displaced sister-in-law, anxiety riddled daughter, distant son, and uninformed mother of the bride to be.

She has accepted what she has been handed, gingerly stepping thru the minefield of chaos with grace.

She has offered up her pain and shouldered her cross for her family’s wellbeing at the sacrifice of her own believing, no knowing it is for her belief in Christ that keeps her strong, willing, and able to continue on.

10.09.2023

36⁰ F NW@14mph SR0704 SS1824

Morning Offering given

Frost advisory on the lake

My time here on Buffalo Lake comes to an end this morning.  This time with my friend S has been so relaxing.  Mass at the local Catholic church and time at the National Shrine of St. Philomena uplifting.  I am blessed and have been blessed to be able to spend a weekend like this with other Catholic moms.  I smile as many of us are empty nest moms moving into our next stage of life, knowing full well the waters are uncharted.  Some things we always thought would be suddenly nowhere in the future.

I look to Our Lady and the stages in her life as a mother.  Most fraught with hard work and sadness. She kept going forward. Making her way, keeping her eyes on Jesus.  May that always be my choice as well… keeping my eyes on Jesus.

Know you are prayed for.

Buffalo Lake Montello, WI

Catholic Mom Community

Most of you are aware I have been involved with this group since the beginning. Initially we began at CatholicMom.com as a message board. When CM started to grow rapidly, we split off and began an independent message board called Catholic Mom Community. You can now find us here

https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/catholic_motherhood

Our group is private, so you will need to answer a few questions. Before the door is opened.

The years have slipped by quickly. We try to gather once a year so we can all remember how Blest we are and how important each of us is to the group as a whole.

These women have prayed me thru some of the worst parts of my life and all of the best.

I truly believe they were sent by God.

So I’m asking you pray for us as a group that we continue to minister to those who need support in their vocation of Catholic Motherhood.

Know you are prayed for.

I was reminded today

“The Most Important Person on earth is a mother.
She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral.
She need not.
She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral -a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby’s body. . .
The angels have not been blessed with such a grace.
They cannot share in God’s creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven.
Only a human mother can.
Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation. ..
What on God’s good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?”

~ Venerable Jozsef Cardinal Mindszenty

https://www.archconfraternityofchristianmothers.com/

The hands that rock the cradles rule the world. https://potw.org/archive/potw391.html

https://youtu.be/FSTgWHWOD24

Use your power wisely moms.