Latte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood

As we wrap up our four 'D' word series we wanted to end with another positive word. What better way to end than with our ultimate calling, being a disciple of Christ.
To be a true disciple of Christ means we follow and imitate His ways and no one else. What we do and say is a reflection of the one that we follow. That is why we have to be so careful about who or what we follow. The world around us draws us into comfort and ease and often times we are tempted to seek out things that make us temporarily happy but Christ has another way.
To be His disciple we must give up everything and follow after Him and to be able to recognize we don't deserve anything from Him because He is the one that has given us everything. That we have hope in what is to come so we need not despair in the present moment even when the darkness is trying to weigh us down. Therefore, no matter what comes our way we can delight in being followers of Christ because even with the cross we know that following Him leads to our victory.
SPECIAL THANKS:

• Mike Loin @ MiloElevation Studios: Content Editor and Sound Producer
• Paul Bilodeau @ Apical: Content Advisor
• Olivia Breen: Photographer, Marketing, and PR

SHOW NOTES:

• Bishop Barron: The Calling of the Disciples

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fC7xNZ5j-2o

• Father Mike Schmitz: 4 Habits of Discipleship

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fis29rZ2n_4

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She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.ascensionpress.com/sheloved)

I am convinced that God is on mission to restore and revive the beautiful vocation of motherhood right here and right now! Let's build up this community of catholic moms who are answering the call to this mighty work!

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There is no better way to end our season than with a series on raising our children in the faith. It's such an important topic, and something we are both so passionate about, that we knew we needed a few episodes to cover it. We end our season with an AMAZING interview that you won't want to miss!
Raising children is hard and we crumble, fail, and cry a lot. But if we can remember that God is a God of love and mercy and have that same heart towards our children than we can, by our example, lead them closer to Christ. "We must first create a home where tenderness, forgiveness, respect, fidelity, and disinterested service are the rule." (CCC 2223) God knows we will not be perfect parents but He calls us to pass on the faith to our children and no one can do it more effectively than us! That is truly a difficult task but He equips us with everything we will need."The role of parents in education is of such importance that it is almost impossible to produce an adequate substitute." (CCC 2221)
“Your life has a purpose and you have a mission in Jesus... Your mission field begins in your home. To help the people living under your roof realize that their lives are not meaningless, that their lives are bigger than they seem. That there is a God who loves them. Your mission is to them first of all...and then to everyone else you come in contact with. But they are first. Miss that, and you is the very reason why you even exist!”
-Father Mike Schmitz
SPECIAL THANKS:

• Mike Loin @ MiloElevation Studios: Content Editor and Sound Producer
• Paul Bilodeau @ Apical: Content Advisor
• Olivia Breen: Photographer, Marketing, and PR

SHOW NOTES:

• Searching for and Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise on Peace of Heart by Jacques Philippe (section 7 Part 1)
• CCC 2221-2228
• Bishop Barron: Catholicism and Beauty
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUBNTNiqn60

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She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.ascensionpress.com/sheloved)

I am convinced that God is on mission to restore and revive the beautiful vocation of motherhood right here and right now! Let's build up this community of catholic moms who are answering the call to this mighty work!

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Today we continue with conference 4, or chapter 4, of I Believe in Love on Abandonment in Jesus.
Webster Dictionary defines abandonment as “an unrestraint, or being uninhibited.” This is precisely how Jesus desires that we come to him; with a radical, unrestrained, and uninhibited reckless trust and love. But practically speaking what does this look like?
Father Jean says “Practically speaking, it consists of seeing the will of God in all that creatures and events present to you” and as St. Francis de Sales says it is to ‘ask nothing and refuse nothing’
Discussion Questions:
1. “If he destroys my little plans, I kiss His adorable hand. It is because He wants to realize His own, which are more beautiful anyway than those which I could have made myself.” Have you ever thought of God‘s plan for you as “beautiful”?
2. God refused the prayer of St. Monica for her son St. Augustine, in order to answer her greater prayer (see pages 101-102). Have you seen similar circumstances in your life (failures or victories)? Has this increased your trust and abandonment in God?
3. “It is said that the Devil makes the gravity of the sin appear to be less during the temptation and greater after the fall.” How do you think knowing this truth can help you avoid sin?

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She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.ascensionpress.com/sheloved)

I am convinced that God is on mission to restore and revive the beautiful vocation of motherhood right here and right now! Let's build up this community of catholic moms who are answering the call to this mighty work!

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"The charity of charities is the Apostolate"
As we continue our book study on I Believe in Love, we explore what it means to live the life of an apostle. Father Jean says, "To be an apostle is to give Jesus to souls and souls to Jesus by making Him known in order to make Him loved, by filling yourself with Him in order to give Him, according to the beautiful definition of Father Mateo, 'An apostle is a chalice full of Jesus which overflows onto souls.'
I'm not sure about you friends, but my heart greatly desires to be this chalice full of Christ himself, which overflows onto others.
Discussion Questions:
1. "You know that the prayer of prayers is the Mass; perfect adoration, perfect expiation, perfect thanksgiving, it is also perfect supplication of the immolated Jesus; it is the dearest treasure of the apostolate." How is the Mass a "treasure" for you? How can attending Mass with a surrendered disposition, no matter how chaotic this busy season of life is, be a source of great treasure for those with littles?
2."He Himself needs others, because He wishes to use them as His instruments...So many diverse fields of activity are open today to those who want to be apostles." How are you currently being used as an instrument for Christ? Do you desire to be used more? In what way?
3. How can you use prayer and suffering to be an apostle for the Church?

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She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.ascensionpress.com/sheloved)

I am convinced that God is on mission to restore and revive the beautiful vocation of motherhood right here and right now! Let's build up this community of catholic moms who are answering the call to this mighty work!

If this episode blessed you, I would be so honored if you shared it with a friend, rated it, or left us a review!
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If you want to come join our community and help support the show I'd be so blessed!
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We are so thankful to all of our listeners and wanted to let you know we aren't done for the summer, we are just taking a week off. We are praying for each of you and your intentions.
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May God bless you!
Suzanne and Julie

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