"This kitchen is immaculate!" 😂 #catholichumor. I stayed up late cleaning last night just so I could get up and say that this morning. I also convinced my kids to clean their rooms in the name of liturgical living. #winwinwin.
I'm his homily our pastor talked about our moms. They're not perfect. They sin and fail and make mistakes. But we don't hold that against them! We extend understanding and forgiveness to our moms. We recognize that they did their very best, and we love them for it.
I loved this homily because this is exactly how I feel about my mom. I don't want her to feel weighed down by the past. I don't want her to carry her mistakes around with her. I want her to know that she is loved by me for who she is, and that I see her and all she did and continues to do for me. I want my mom to keep moving forward, seeking virtue and goodness and heaven.
And as a mom, I pray for the same gift from my kids. I am so far from perfect. I make mistakes that they have to deal with. I want them to be able to keep moving forward in their lives despite my weaknesses and failings and my shortcomings in raising them.
I want them to know they have a perfect mother in Mary. She can provide for all their needs. She can be there when I can't. She will never fail. Will never let them down. Mary alone is the perfect, sinless mother.
Moms out there, you can't expect yourselves to be perfect. It's part of your fallen human nature to mess up sometimes. Seek forgiveness and mercy for your failings. And team up with Mary. Let her come beside you in your motherhood and make up for where you're lacking.
And today, clean something, for Mary's sake. Just so you can have the satisfaction of exclaiming, "Wow! That's immaculate!" Let her bring grace into the mundane chores of your day.
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Fawn dumped all the books off the bookshelf, so her consequence was cleaning them back up. When she was done with her work, she called me to come check it.
Pointing to the two books standing up in the center she said, "That's the great job section." Then to the stacks on either side: "That's the it's fine section." I blinked a double blink. And paused. And gave her a hug. It hit me in that moment how much my words and language form my kids' perception of the world.
I mean, I *knew* it already, but there's something powerful about the moment when your kids echo back your words to them.
Today, listen to your words as they leave your mouth. Imagine them traveling through the air and transforming everything they come in contact with. If you say it's beautiful, you make it so. It's stupid? You hate it? Watch its destruction occur before your very eyes.
Remember, God spoke a word and the world sprang into existence. Words have power.
What world are your words creating? Is it the world you want your kids to see? Is it the world YOU want to live in? If not, you have the power to change it.
#catholicmom #mycatholiclife #thepowerofwords #creation #speaklife #positivity #catholickids
