Catholic Mom Audio Digest

When Your Prayer Life Gets Unplugged

Margaret Gartlgruber explains how an unplugged lamp helped her understand a problem with her prayer life.  
When Your Prayer Life Gets Unplugged
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How the Catholic Faith Provides Rest for the Depleted Mom

Emily Jerger details five ways the Catholic faith can provide relief and encouragement to mothers who are feeling overwhelmed and depleted.
How the Catholic Faith Provides Rest for the Depleted Mom
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Making Faith Real

Anne DeSantis explores how living faith authentically begins with everyday interactions rooted in kindness, affability, and charity toward others.  
Making Faith Real
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We All Need Our Mother

Caroline Godin considers the parallels between a mother’s connection to her child and our connection to Mary in the Rosary. 
We All Need Our Mother
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Naming and Identity: Our Greatest Calling as Parents

Allison Auth describes the purpose of naming our children and how to give them their identity in God.
Naming and Identity: Our Greatest Calling as Parents
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Why Grandma’s Hair (and Heart) Look Like This

Lisa M. Hendey ponders how hands-on grandparenting reminds her of the importance of savoring those little moments in life.
Why Grandma’s Hair (and Heart) Look Like This
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When I Come to the End of Myself

Louisa Ikena reflects on reaching a point of desperation as a point of surrender and a gift in prayer.
When I Come to the End of Myself
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A Lesson in Humility

Elizabeth Estrada rethinks her decision to retire and considers the kind of work she'd like to do in this phase of her life.
A Lesson in Humility
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Show Up!

Ellen Mongan describes how a family is a circle of love filled with faith, supporting each other in good times and bad, by showing up.
Show Up!
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[Editor's note: Our dear writer, Ellen Mongan, passed away earlier this week after a sudden illness. She had already submitted the following article, which truly sums up Ellen's witness of immediate, caring generosity during a crisis. Please join the Catholic Mom family in praying for Ellen's soul and for consolation for her family and loved ones. May perpetual light shine upon Ellen.]
 

Saying Their Name: Learning to forgive One Prayer at a Time

Sharon Wilson reflects on the quiet power of naming someone in prayer and how God slowly heals resentment through daily acts of forgiveness.  
Saying Their Name: Learning to forgive One Prayer at a Time
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