On the same day I purchased this t-shirt from my retreat, my girlfriend posted this quote on my blog. I think God wanted these words shared.
What can Mother Teresa teach us about peace? Plenty. What can she teach a mother? Everything.
"One woman powerfully in love with God changes everything around her."
The retreat director preached about Mother's teaching to her superiors. Here are a couple of key points from his talk.
- We are first called to be present (to our children) rather than to do work.
- We are to create a house of love, joy and peace, regardless of who is in our home.
- Am I motherly? Do I bring hope?
- We need to teach our children obedience, trust, self denial and fidelity. True obedience makes us martyrs.
- To be obedient, we must have a deep spiritual life.
- Temptation steals your obedience - this quote directly inspired me to keep all glowing screens in a designated area in our home.
- The Eucharist is our obedience pill.
Peace. We need to bring peace to our house, not chaos. We need to show love, not anger. We are an invaluable, un-replacable part of God's plan for our children.
When I talk about peace, I think I have to take myself out of the equation for my family to achieve this. This is the greatest lie of the Devil. He wants us to beleive we are the problem. God NEEDS us to know we are the answer. We are so so so so so needed. We can bring peace. God, help us bring peace to our family.
1 comment:
Blessed Mother Theresa is amazing....thanks for sharing this
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