Dear Mary,
Today Catholics celebrate your birth, but more importantly we celebrate you as a model of steadfast faith. Lately, I’ve been in a spiritual slump. God seems distant, aloof. Yet, I’m having trouble doing anything to bridge this gap between Him and me. So on your birthday, I give you the gift of my humble prayers and I ask you to give me the gift of faith. Make me believe in God’s graces and be open to them.
Help me to not only believe and trust in Him, but help me to be a handmaid of the Lord. My fiats to God may be small in scope and impact compared to yours – in your saying yes to God you not only cooperated with His will for you and all of mankind, but you played a role in our salvation. However, I, too, have a chance to invite God to work in my life and to see how His plans will unfold for me. But the first step is to simply say yes to all that He asks of me. Be with me now and always and open my heart to God’s calling.
Love,
One of your daughters
Kate,
I’m a new reader to your blog and am enjoying what I’ve been reading. I’m a Catholic stay at home mommy with two small girls, 2 and 6 months. I really enjoyed reading your prayer to Our Lady for intercession, especially the honesty and detail you used to present your needs. Thanks for all you do and how you share it with others, like me, who you don’t even know! May the Lord bless you with grace and peace! A sister in Christ, Anne from Michigan
Anne from Michigan, thank you so much for stopping by my blog and for your kind words. I do try to share both my joys and challenges of being a Catholic at-home mom. I know that personally I like to know that I’m not alone when I’m feeling less-than-blissful or am dealing with a bout of spiritual dryness. :) Sometimes it’s easy to feel like I’m the only one out there who’s pining for sleep or a more profound prayer life when, in fact, many, many moms are in the same boat!
God bless you in your vocation as a wife and mother. Thanks again for your comment.
~Kate