The Catholic Mom's Mentor: The Catholic Mother's Bookshelf

Some Quotes for you to ponder:

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

~Mark Twain

Employ your time in improving yourself by other peoples writigs, so you shall come easily by what others have labored hard for.

~ Socrates

One of the strongest charecteristics of genius is the power of light its own fire.

~John Foster

Here is a listing of books for further reading and inspiration, if you have any suggestions, please let me know!

Beloved and Blessed, by Kimberly Hahn: The third in a series of Bible studies based on Proverbs 31, Beloved and Blessed offers tools to help you strengthen your marriage and raise your children, creating a civilization of love in your home. Applying Sacred Scripture, Church teaching and pastoral wisdom, Kimberly Hahn helps you explore: marital intimacy, responsible parenthood, facing the financial future without fear, strategies for disciplining and instructing children, trusting God when parenting hurts

Grace & Gifted, Biblical Wisdom for a Homemakers Heart, by Kimberly Hahn

The Mother of The Little Flower, by Celine Martin. This book is written about Zelie Martin, the mother of St. Therese, by her sister Celine Martin. Zelie Martin married at age 27 and bore nine children. She ran a successful home business and at the same time raised one of the most beloved Saints of our times, The Little Flower. This is such an inspiring book about the life of such a charitable, pious Catholic mother. Zelie Martin passed away at age 45 of breast cancer, but has left us with such an amazing legacy. Zelie Martin was declared Venerable by the Church in 1994 for her Heroic Virtue, and her cause is now progressing toward Beatification.

Patron Saint of Homemakers:

Prayer of St Anne: Glorious Saint Anne, we think of you as filled with compassion for those who invoke you and with love for those who suffer. Heavily laden with the weight of my troubles, I cast myself at your feet and humbly beg of you to take the present affiar which I commend to you under you special protection. {mention your petition} Deign to commend it to your daughter, our Blessed Lady, and lay it before the throne of Jesus, so that He may bring it to a happy conclusion. Cease not to intercede for me until my request is granted. Above all, obtain for me the grace of one day beholding my God face to face. With you and Mary and all the saints, may I praise and bless Him for all eternity. Amen. Good Saint Anne, mother of her who is our life, our sweetness and our hope, pray for me.

Favorite Quotes

"Like the sun rising over the mountains of the Lord is the beauty of a good wife in a well-kept house."~Sirach 26:21

"It is right to begin with the obligations of home, and, while these are overlooked and neglected, no other duties can possibly be substituted for them." ~Charles Dickens

"Personal success and happiness in life come only from the knowledge of our usefullness to others; as a mother you have this opportunity in your own home at all times. You need not look elsewhere for it. ~Fr. Lawrence G. Lovasik, The Catholic Family Handbook

"Behold, sons are a gift from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward." ~Psalm 127:3

"For I know the plans I have for you."declares the Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future." ~Jeremiah 29:11

The woman who creates and sustains a home and under whose hands children grow up to be strong and pure men and women, is a creator second only to God. ~Helen Hunt Jackson

"She is clothed in strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come, she speaks with wisdom. And faithful instruction is on her tongue, she watches over the affairs of her household and does not heat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed." ~The Book of Proverbs

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