{"id":4596,"date":"2016-06-22T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-22T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/calledtolifecoaching.com\/?p=4596"},"modified":"2016-06-20T19:45:54","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T00:45:54","slug":"book-notes-divine-mercy-for-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calledtolifecoaching.com\/book-notes-divine-mercy-for-moms\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Notes: Divine Mercy for Moms"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I’ve shared some notes from a book I’ve recently read. Let’s change that. Today I’m going to share my book notes<\/strong> from Divine Mercy for Moms. Direct quotes will be in italics and my thoughts will follow.<\/p>\n

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Ours is a vocation of service, and as our daily actions are filtered through the prayerful lens of Divine Mercy, our hearts grow softer and more compassionate, until they are more like Christ’s.<\/em>
\nFirst, I need to continually remind myself that my vocation is one of service–otherwise, I become selfish and resentful…just keepin’ it real. Second, my daily actions need to be filtered through the prayerful lens of Divine Mercy–Wow! I need to put on my prayerful lens each morning just like someone would put on their glasses in the morning so they can see. Morning prayer is key!<\/strong> It will do me no good to pray for a softer and more compassionate heart, if I’m not filtering my day through a lens of prayer and Divine Mercy.<\/p>\n

Christ is calling all of us to bring God’s mercy to others.<\/em>
\nThis has to start in my home! Being merciful in the soup kitchen, church nursery and emergency pregnancy center is not my primary calling. Those places are important, but they do not take priority over my home and family.<\/p>\n

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Motherhood is a vocation of service and constant love.<\/em>
\nAgain, motherhood is service and I have our Lord’s example throughout the Gospels of what that service looks like.<\/p>\n

In our constant striving to do better, to improve our ways, we can lose sight of our need to trust in the Lord.<\/em>
\nThis reminds me of Proverbs 3:5-6, “Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.”<\/p>\n

We are capable of so much more with Christ strengthening us.<\/em>
\nAnd this quote makes me think of 2 Corinthians 12:9-10, \u201cMy grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.\u201d Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ\u2019s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ\u2019s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.”<\/p>\n

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Sometimes we need to adjust our expectations and realize that family prayer is about family unity with God, not necessarily about successful completion of a task.<\/em>
\nMy Veronica used to love for Chris to walk to her to sleep at night while we prayed family rosary. One night, we had a visiting priest over for dinner and we invited him to stay and pray with us. That also happened to be the night Chris decided he was no longer going to walk Veronica to sleep. She SCREAMED the entire prayer! Now that is an extreme example of a child misbehaving during prayer, but we continued and still do to this day…even when a child walks through the living room in a bathing suit, tutu or naked as a jay bird! Even when the phone rings, toddlers melt and teens are less than enthusiastic. Hopefully this habit of nightly rosary has become so ingrained in our evening routine that once all the kids are grown, Chris and I will continue and the children, well, they will know sometime between 8:00 and 9:00 momma and daddy are praying a rosary for them…and they will join us wherever they are.<\/p>\n

Our success as wives and mothers is dependent on God’s love working constantly in our hearts, so that we can love our families through the service required by our vocations.<\/em>
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As Christians, we come to learn that we need to extend mercy not only to others, but to ourselves. We need to take time out to forgive ourselves for our own shortcomings, and recognize our littleness as mothers.<\/em>
\nI know one of the things I struggle with sometimes is forgiving myself. But do you know, if we have trouble forgiving ourselves, we can also have trouble forgiving other? I don’t want to go through life carrying guilt, condemnation, resentment, anger or hurt feelings towards myself or others. I want to live a joy filled life, full of mercy and love for and from God. <\/p>\n

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These are just a few of the lovely quotes I highlighted in the book Divine Mercy for Moms.<\/a> As the book goes along, it lists the Corporal and Spiritual Works of Mercy and then gives concrete examples of how we can live those works of mercy in our busy lives as mommas. I have not finished a book this quickly in a while. I loved reading this and although a fairly easy read, it gave me a lot to think about, especially in this Year of Mercy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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