Rachael W’s Reviews > Grace in Every Season: Through the Year With Catherine Doherty/Daily Reflections > Status Update

“Mother of God – what awesome words! How can it be that femininity enfoldsDivinity? And yet it did.”

“we must honour our fathers and mothers in adult age, even unto death. We must care for them in need at the expense of our vocations, plans, desires, and dreams, and even at the expense of our lives if that is required. For they come first after God, being our most beloved and closest “neighbours“

We bring Christ’s love to our neighbours one by one, as individuals, not en masse…We must begin to restore the world person by person, beginning with ourselves! The Gospel of Love, the witness of faith that liberated mankind, is preached and given to one human being by another human being.

As a wife and a mother, your love will bring Jesus a myriad of small humble tasks. You will bring him stew well-made, endless vegetables finely peeled, floors eternally scrubbed so as to allow his feet in your husband and children to walk across, day in day out garbage removed, and endless appointments and errands. Years of this! You will bring Jesus such humble gifts as these.

“Your daily life seemingly will be very dull. You have only one moment to live at a time… You have no past; your yesterday is gone. You have no future; your future belongs to God. You have only today.”

“We crave greatness for our lives, and God asks us to become little. To pass through the door that leads to the kingdom, we must go down on our knees. Paradoxically, if we do so, we will find ourselves growing in stature…”