[Hit the pause button above if you are not ready to view the show. This will allow you to read the blog post first. 🙂 ]
I believe that we need a strong backbone to parent our children and grandchildren properly. We can’t allow the culture to dictate to us about how we should parent our children or how our home life should be. As the first and foremost educator of the faith to our children and grandchildren, we absolutely need to know our faith and to in turn teach it to the children. God is counting on us!
The video above is the recent discussion I had with Fr. Andrew Apostoli about my newest book “Feeding Your Family’s Soul: Dinner Table Spirituality” on his very popular EWTN Sunday Night Prime TV show. During our time together, I show how we can seize the opportunity to teach the faith right at the dinner table. Fr. Andrew and I even talked about (in the words of Fulton Sheen), “dead bodies floating down the stream”! As well, how we do not want to be one of them! We need to go against the flow of our world today to parent our children properly.
Recently, a weary homeschooling Mom of many children came to me for a little “shot in the arm.” She was worn out from demands pulling at her, sleepless nights, and active children. A new school year was about to begin and being in her third trimester of a pregnancy, she felt quite exhausted. I think you get the picture. Things were getting to be a bit overwhelming. We chatted through emails and then it was time for this show to air. Afterwards, the gracious Mom emailed me again to share her thoughts. With her permission, I will share some of her note to me:
“Before I head to bed, I just wanted to tell you that the Sunday Night Prime show was tremendously excellent! It was a huge blessing that came at the perfect time for me! I feel completely renewed in my goal and purpose as a homeschooling mom!
I love the quotes and the reinforcement that being countercultural, having a backbone, swimming up stream (not floating downstream with the other dead bodies) is absolutely God’s call on my life. Through your interview, I am convinced now, more than ever, that He is with me and for me in this sometimes very intense homeschooling adventure. No other path allows me to so vehemently protect my children from evil influences. This show was a God-send at the beginning of a new homeschooling year for me (and at the end of the pregnancy). My resolve is strengthened! Thank you!”
By the way, in addition to the above opportunity to view the show, you can also see the show here on the EWTN website. I hope that you will enjoy the show! May God bless families everywhere!
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God bless!
Donna-Marie
Donna, I love how you help so many get a “second spiritual wind.” 🙂
God bless this young mother! I commend her to Our Blessed Mother.
“Well done, good and faithful servant.”
Hugs, dear friend!
Lorraine, you are so kind. And, yes, God bless this mother who is so faithful to her vocation and inspires us with the tireless love she shows her family. God bless her and all mothers around the world who are raising little saints to heaven! <3
P.S. Donna, you are a woman whom Our Lord has given many gifts to in order for you to do what you are doing. How needed you are today by so many young, and not so young, mothers to encourage them in their God given vocation. Our country grows more evil by the week. You offer us hope for its future.
I’m so grateful to have been able to watch this show.
I am so glad that you were able to watch the show too, Lorraine. Thank you for your kind words. I strive to give hope, encourage, and inspire because as you say, the world grows more and more evil. We must counteract it with our love for the Lord and for our family. God will give us every grace and all of the strength we need. We just need to ask Him. We should stay close to Mother Mary who will give us SO much help!