051: A Mother’s Rule of Life – Prayer
Today’s Topic: Continuing the conversation based on Holly Pierlot’s book, A Mother’s Rule of Life: How to bring order to your home and peace to your soul. Today, we’re talking about the First “P” of a Mother’s Rule of Life: Prayer.
I hope it’s an encouragement to take the time to make your personal prayer life a priority!
Links/references mentioned this episode:
- Dom Hubert Van Zeller’s Holiness for Housewives (and other working women)
- The Little Oratory: A Beginner’s Guide to Praying in the Home
- Spousal Prayer: A Way to Marital Happiness
- My Prayer Practices (Note: Don’t compare! This is just what’s working for *me* right now.)
- Daily/Ongoing Prayer Practices
- Morning Offering before my feet hit the floor
- Morning prayer by myself 30 min.
- M/W: Day’s Gospel and journal
- T/TR: read Bible study group book and journal
- F: Catechism read and journal
- Angelus at lunch with the kids
- Re-commit Morning Offering before greeting kids after naptime/from school
- Gratitude sharing around the dinner table
- Family bedtime prayers
- Evening examen (3 ways I saw God working, biggest win against temptation, 1 specific way I’m asking for grace to do better tomorrow). Share with Philip, write them in journal, close in prayer together.
- On days that I don’t nap: spiritual reading 30 min. (consult list of books to read)
- Create little oratory
- Consult “Under Construction” list
- Weekly Spiritual Practices
- Holy hour (alternate weeks with the kids)
- Sunday Mass
- Monthly Spiritual Practices
- Spiritual direction and confession
- Daily/Ongoing Prayer Practices
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- Annual Spiritual Practices
- Personal retreat at Cloisters on the Platte
- Mine: First weekend of September, Thursday – Sunday
- Philip’s: Second weekend of September, Thursday – Sunday
- Marriage retreat
- Personal retreat at Cloisters on the Platte
- Annual Spiritual Practices
Questions to chew on until next time:
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- What are some basic prayer practices I’d like to implement into my daily routine?
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- How can I make them happen?
- What are my potential obstacles?
- What materials do I need?
- Where will it happen and when?
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- What distractions are stopping me from connecting with God in prayer?
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- Do I need to eliminate something from my schedule?
- Do I need to seek healing from a priest or Catholic therapist?
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- What are some basic prayer practices I’d like to implement into my daily routine?
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