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Danielle Bean

Danielle Bean
Danielle Bean, a mother of eight, is Editorial Director of Faith & Family. She is author of My Cup of Tea, Mom to Mom, Day to Day, and most recently Small Steps for Catholic Moms. Though she once struggled to separate her life and her work, the two …
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Rachel Balducci

Rachel Balducci
Rachel Balducci is married to Paul and they are the parents of five lively boys and one precious baby girl. She is the author of How Do You Tuck In A Superhero?, and is a newspaper columnist for the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia. For the past four years, she has …
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Lisa Hendey

Lisa Hendey
Lisa Hendey is the founder and editor of CatholicMom.com and the author of A Book of Saints for Catholic Moms and The Handbook for Catholic Moms. Lisa is also enjoys speaking around the country, is employed as webmaster for her parish web sites and spends time on various …
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Arwen Mosher

Arwen Mosher
Arwen Mosher lives in southeastern Michigan with her husband Bryan and their 4-year-old daughter, 2-year-old son, and twin boys born May 2011. She has a bachelor's degree in theology. She dreads laundry, craves sleep, loves to read novels and do logic puzzles, and can't live without tea. Her personal blog site …
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Rebecca Teti

Rebecca Teti
Rebecca Teti is married to Dennis and has four children (3 boys, 1 girl) who -- like yours no doubt -- are pious and kind, gorgeous, and can spin flax into gold. A Washington, DC, native, she converted to Catholicism while an undergrad at the U. Dallas, where she double-majored in …
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Robyn Lee

Robyn Lee
Robyn Lee is a 30-something, single lady, living in Connecticut in a small bungalow-style kit house built by her great uncle in the 1950s. She also conveniently lives next door to her sister, brother-in-law and six kids ... and two doors down are her parents. She received her undergraduate degree from …
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DariaSockey

DariaSockey
Daria Sockey is a freelance writer and veteran of the large family/homeschooling scene. She recently returned home from a three-year experiment in full time outside employment. (Hallelujah!) Daria authored several of the original Faith&Life Catechetical Series student texts (Ignatius Press), and is currently a Senior Writer for Faith&Family magazine. A latecomer …
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Kate Lloyd

Kate Lloyd
Kate Lloyd is a rising senior, and a political science major at Thomas More College of Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. While not in school, she lives in Whitehall PA, with her mom, dad, five sisters and little brother. She needs someone to write a piece about how it's possible to …
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Lynn Wehner

Lynn Wehner
As a wife and mother, writer and speaker, Lynn Wehner challenges others to see the blessings that flow when we struggle to say "Yes" to God’s call. Control freak extraordinaire, she is adept at informing God of her brilliant plans and then wondering why the heck they never turn out that …
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Take An Online Lenten Retreat

A few resources to help you focus on your prayer life during Lent

For busy moms, Lent can be a special time of the liturgical year to focus on our spiritual lives.  But life rarely stands still long enough to allow us long, lingering hours of prayer or the opportunity for a retreat getaway.

Fortunately this year, there are several great resources online to help you focus on prayer and thanksgiving this Lenten season.  Here are a few of my favorites:

Prayer Chapel - Susan Bailey invites readers to “Come spend some quiet time reflecting on the icons, pictures, scripture readings, prayers and spiritual writings which have so influended by spiritual life and my songwriting. I will share with you things I learn as I journey with our Lord. Join in my special 40 day Lenten series, “Theosis,” a 5-minute per day podcast which will transform your Lenten experience.”

Loyola Press Women’s Online Lenten Retreat - Based upon the book Days of Deepening Friendship: For the Woman Who Wants Authentic Life With God by author Vinita Hampton Wright.

Today’s Catholic Woman Online Study - Catholic Exchange brings you this study which consists of 10 podcasts, an online discussion, and the book Renewing Your Christian Self~wisdom from women in the Old and New Testaments~ A Woman’s Bible Study.

Divine Mercy Podcast Lenten Special - These audio files enable you to recite the “rosary with meditations from the Dolorous Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ by St. Anne Catherine Emmerich. These Vatican approved meditations take you to the very events of the Passion of Jesus.  Download each decade of the Sorrowful Mysteries by themselves and pray one decade each day during Lent. The complete uninterrupted rosary will be uploaded before Holy Week. Consider praying the entire Dolorous Passion Rosary each day of Holy Week.”

I am on the lookout for additional Lenten resources, so if you have a favorite please share it here in the comments!


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“Holiness for Housewives” by Dom Hubert von Zeller! This a year-round favorite, but I’m going to keep it close by my side this Lent. How can you not love a book ending with special prayers for mothers such as “Prayer when exhausted by housework”, and “Prayer in time of exasperation”?

 

Along w/The King Crucified and Risen by Fr. Groeschel, I will be reading both Grace Cafe & The Domestic Church: Room by Room ~ both by Donna Marie Cooper O’Boyle.  I must confess that these were supposed to be Advent reads but illness & family “situations” prevented that so I saved them & will be starting Grace Cafe in about 10 min!  Looking fwd to them, too!

 

Love these book selections!  Mary, I know you will love Donna Marie’s books - they are fantastic!

 

Fantastic resources!  I’ve already saved 3 to Favorites in which I will refer to daily during this Lenten season.  Thanks, and many blessings to all who have provided this much needed, and easily accessible inspiration via the Internet.

 

2 things…I just read the intro, fwd & first chapter of Grace Cafe this afternoon.  LOVE it already!  I’ve ready The Heart of Motherhood & Prayer Book for Mothers by Donna Marie & just knew these would be amazing books as well.  ; )

Also, today I received an email request from a friend of mine to “do” the 40 Days of Love Dare which is the book that “goes with” the movie Fireproof.  We are going to do the dares together throughout Lent and I thought it might be something that others are interested in as well.  Sadly I haven’t seen the movie & know that dh wouldn’t be interested (long story but if it’s even close to being “holy” he runs in the other direction) but that isn’t going to stop ME from working on myself & our marriage…and he doesn’t even have to know it!  ; )

 

Thanks for the resources! This one is my favorite ...
http://www.spiritualityandpractice.com/books/books.php?id=3248

 

http://www.ewtn.com/faith/lent/

I can’t believe I forgot this in the other 2 posts…I have had this bookmarked for weeks now & use it every single year.  Enjoy & God bless!!!


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