“Finally, bear in mind that those of you who are working hard each day to earn the money to provide food and drink, clothing and shelter for your own families, and those of you who cook and clean at home, are already practicing these corporal works of mercy, at least outwardly. Why not practice them inwardly now as well, from the heart, not grudgingly or merely out of routine, but with compassion and love for your spouse and children, doing all to the glory of God and giving thanks to God the Father for providing for all your needs (see 1 Cor 10:31, Col 3:17). In this way, as St. Paul wrote, the simplest daily chore becomes ‘a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God,’ a true ‘spiritual worship’ (Rom 12:1)” Robert Stackpole.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted on this account! My time has been consumed with being a faithful Catholic, loving wife and mother, as well as starting a small business and creating earrings. It has been busy over here to say the least! I just haven’t had as much time to keep up with blogging! I find though that if I am not writing I yearn for it. I don’t consider myself the best writer, but I do enjoy it. So I hope to continue in some capacity, even if it be rather small. 😊
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I originally began my blog, Love Begins at Home because once I became a Catholic wife and mother I saw how our culture has moved so far away from love and family life. It has always been a desire of mine to be a stay at home mom. The world wasn’t afraid to tell me how foolish I am to desire these types of things. Not to mention I am out of my mind to want a big family.
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I wanted to start writing my thoughts down when it came to living as a Catholic, pro-life woman, wife, and mother. I have seen how easy it can be to start thinking like the culture. Let me just say that you don’t have to think like them. At all, in fact. Jesus Himself didn’t think as the world did and the world hated Him for it.
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Love requires sacrifices and suffering. It shows the depth of our love when we are willing to endure the worst for the good of the other. In my own wedding vows I vowed that I would love my husband “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, until death do us part.” To mirror God’s love for us. Jesus could have just come and done a good deed to save us as His merits would have had infinite value, but instead He taught us that it is in the suffering and sacrifices that we learn how to love. To die to ourselves, pick up our crosses, and follow Him. ❤️ The world will never tell you this though nor agree with you.
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So I pray that in this journey of dying to myself and picking up my cross to follow Christ you may find some encouragement! That we could walk together in JOY knowing that eternal love awaits us on the other side of Heaven. Don’t be discouraged. You are fighting the good fight and we are fighting together for LOVE! 😊❤️🙏
One of the greatest gifts of love God gives to us is the Mass, Calvary represented. Where Jesus, true God and true Man, offers Himself as a sacrifice out of love for us. An unreserved gift of Himself. A Human Heart that finally loves in a divine way. A love that offers everything to God the Father infinitely and unconditionally.
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When we go to Mass we are able to kneel at the foot of the cross with our Blessed Mother Mary, St. John, St. Mary Magdalene, as well as all the Holy angels and saints. The Holy Spirit gathers those present into the Body of Christ which is then offered to God the Father through Jesus in the Eucharist by means of His representative, the priest. At Mass we are able to offer Jesus everything out of love. All our sufferings, joys, material possessions, sacrifices, time, duties, friends, children, spouses, family, love, and our very selves body and soul. Remember this when you are performing all the little everyday tasks of ordinary life. ALL of this can be offered to Jesus through Mary at Mass, where Heaven meets earth and the crucifixion is re-presented. Where Jesus unites what we offer Him to Himself and His sacrifice on the cross giving each offering of ours infinite value.
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“And as they were eating, he took bread, and blessed, and broke it, and gave it to them, and said, ‘Take; this is my body.’ And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank it. And he said to them, ‘This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many” Mark 14:22-24. When we receive the Eucharist at Mass we become one with Jesus. We become what we eat. In the Eucharist we receive Christ - Body, Blood, Soul, and Divinity. We unite ourselves to Jesus in the Eucharist both physically and spiritually. We become “little hosts” to be distributed throughout the world!
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Simply put, the Mass is the height of love. No wonder Padre Pio said, “If we only knew how God regards this Sacrifice, we would risk our lives to be present at a single Mass.”
✨🎉🙏 FEAST DAY GIVEAWAY!!! 🙏🎉✨
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Happy Feast of St. John Paul II! This wonderful person, pope, and saint has inspired so many lives (including mine) just by answering his call to holiness. He did not answer his call alone though! There was one man who greatly impacted the life of young Karol Jozef. This man’s name was Jan Tyranowski and he was inspired to form a men’s Rosary group called “The Living Rosary.” Jan Tyranowski’s Rosary group produced ELEVEN priestly vocations both for diocesan placements and religious orders. Among these vocations was Karol Jozef Wojtyla who became a diocesan priest and eventually the pope! St. John Paul II himself even credits Jan Tyranowski for helping him discover his vocation. By answering his own call to holiness Jan Tyranowski is now on the path to becoming a canonized saint as well! He is known in the Catholic Church as Venerable Jan Tyranowski (since 2017)! As St. Thérèse, La Petite Fleur, says, “Perfection consists in doing His will in being what He wills us to be.” 🙏🌹
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To honor this special saint as well as all those who inspired him AND all those he inspired I want to gift one of you with TWO pairs of earrings from Petite Fleur Earrings! 😊💕 One pair of dangle earrings to honor St. John Paul II and one pair of stud earrings to honor Venerable Jan Tyranowski!
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✨ To enter the giveaway please head on over to @petitefleurearrings and find this same image to see how to enter!! 😊🙏🎉🌹✨
