As my two year old and I were driving home from the beach one day, she sadly recanted to me that “the boy took my shell, mummy”. This little incident had taken place about 10 months ago when a little boy had accidentally taken a shell that she had already found and claimed for herself. […]
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I recently read, ok devoured, the biography of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, a contemporary Polish martyr and one quote that has really resonated with me since is this: “Truth, too, must cost something. Truth that does not cost anything is a lie.” For Jerzy it cost his life. For us, as we live out the Catholic
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I recently came across this great video series made by Crystalina Evert’s which aired on EWTN in November called “Women Made New” – this is her website;womenmadenew.com It is a 5 part mini series, where Crystalina interviews Catholic women on a range of topics such as the need for personal healing, a lack of preparedness
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When you look at yourself in the mirror, what is it that you see? Do you see a beautiful and unique daughter of God, a coheir with Christ, a woman called to a particular vocation? Yeah, me neither. We’re too concerned by the lines that are growing deeper, or the blemishes that seem to
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I recently read a book on St Zelie Martin, mother of St Therese of Lisiuex and I was both warmed and affirmed reading about her mothering style. You can read this book next month in our Bookclub, click here for more info. What can we learn from her? A few take home points; Pray
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The following quote from Fr Rolheiser OMI sums up the reality we mothers experience on a daily basis: “For years, while raising children, a mother’s time is never her own, her own needs have to be kept in second place, and every time she turns around a hand is reaching out and demanding something. Hence,
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You know I’m not travelling along well if you see store bought biscuits in the packed lunches at my house. I’ve always endeavoured to make biscuits, cakes or slices, for morning tea and with allergies and food intolerance’s in our house it was often out of necessity rather than design. But I also like
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Motherhood might be universal but each of us have a unique set of circumstances, a particular environment in which we live out our vocation. From the home schooling mum, to the stay at home mum, to the full or part-time working mum. Sometimes it feels like we’re juggling too many balls all at once
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Everyday after I check my email I read through a few blogs of interest. To me, this has replaced the more traditional habit of reading the newspaper. And I admit, it does make me somewhat more insulated. I read only the blogs that appeal to me and my interests or beliefs, whose bias is
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