Shows
Latte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood169. Mothers & Daughters - with Madelyn Bilodeau"No greater joy can I have than this, to hear that my children follow the truth." 3 John 1:4.This week I am so delighted to have my first-born child, my little monkey, Madelyn Rose on the podcast with me. We chat about many things related to mother and daughter relationships and discuss the amazing retreat we recently went on together. We traveled to Virginia to attend a Mother & Daughter retreat hosted by Walking With Purpose (called Sisters of Strength) this spring and it was a beautiful and powerful experience. 2024 Retreat Info:Sisters of Strength...2024-05-2140 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood101. Hush - What's Your Word?Happy New Year! One of my all-time favorite Bible verses has been ringing in my ears for years; "Be Still and Know that I am God" - Psalms 46;10. Yet, this isn't some simple reminder to know who God is, but rather it is a direct command by the King of the World to first BE STILL before we can fully know God. This week I discuss the word that God has called my heart to focus on this year: Hush. As an extrovert, podcaster, and one who loves to chat with others, it is no s...2023-01-0335 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood97. Perfect Forgiveness - with Jess Echeverry"But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you." Luke 6:27This week I sit down with speaker, advocate, author, and friend Jessica Echeverry to discuss the very important topic of forgiveness. Her journey to reach a forgiveness towards those the world would call "unforgiveable" is nothing short of a miraculous grace from God. But how did she get here? And how do we similarly find a forgiveness that not only heals our own hearts but loves the hearts of those who have harmed us? ...2022-12-0653 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood96. ConsumableWhat do we spend our hours, days, weeks, and lives consuming? Do we allow our hearts to be consumed with the greatness of our Almighty God, or are we preoccupied with finding our value outside of His perfect gaze? This week I discuss my journey with social media and the calling God has placed on all of our hearts to let him be the only consumable feast that will satisfy our hungry hearts. I hope you all have a blessed week! Have an episode idea you want to hear about? Shoot me a mes...2022-11-2934 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood95. To Die BeautifullyWe are called on a weekly, daily, and minute-by-minute basis, to die to ourselves. Die to our selfishness, die to our plans, die to our will, and instead become fully alive as God has so wonderfully designed us. But how we die is the big question! Do we drag our feet, begrudgingly complain, and fall apart at the seams? Or like the leaves in the fall, do we die so beautifully that we glow with the love and wonder of the Creator of Life himself? "Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of whe...2022-11-2221 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood94. Loving God, Loving Others with Nell O'Leary (Blessed is She)This week I have the treat of chatting with the lovely Nell O'Leary of Blessed is She. We discuss the new devotional dedicated to creating connections that last, called Loving God, Loving Others. We chat about relationships, friendships, and the truth that God has known our stories since the beginning of time!I hope this conversation blesses you. Blessed is She https://blessedisshe.net/ Loving God, Loving Others Devotionalhttps://blessedisshe.net/product/loving-god-loving-others-devotions/Have an episode idea you want to hear about? Shoot me a message h...2022-11-1534 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood93. When God Allows the Widening of our Deep CavernsThis week is a very real and raw episode for me. This episode touches very close to home for me within very intimate and hidden places in my heart. God has revealed so much to me over the last few weeks about the beautiful way in which he tends to the holes, gaps, and deep caverns of wounds and unfulfilled desires that reside in our souls. I hope this episode blesses and encourages the weary heart, just as Christ has slowly been encouraging mine. Blessings Friends!Have an episode idea you want to he...2022-11-0825 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood92. Called to Sainthood with Melissa Dee (Saints Alive Podcast)This week I am so delighted to sit down with my new friend Melissa Dee to discuss the universal call to holiness, the truth that we have ALL been called to sainthood. It can often feel overwhelming or intimidating when we realize that we too, sinful and all, have been called to glorify God through our lives. And yet, most of our saint-making is often done in the hidden places. As Saint Faustina once said, "Jesus loves hidden souls. A hidden flower is the most fragrant. I must strive to make the interior of my...2022-11-0136 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood91. "But you wouldn't KNOW me"Knowing God and knowing OF God are not the same thing. "Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will say to me, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and cast out demons in your name, and do many mighty works in your name?’ And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me" Matthew 7:21-23We may subconsciou...2022-10-2527 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood90. When Your Priorities are as Messy as Your Minivan - with Lisa Canning (Possibility Mom)This week I chat with the lovely Lisa Canning, the Possibility Mom, to discuss her journey towards living from the fullness of who God created her to be. For over ten years Lisa ran an interior design company, where hustle and proving her worth by her performance was the norm. But after a life-changing moment in her minivan, Lisa is now helping moms discover God’s plan for their motherhood and their business. Lisa has a beautiful heart and passion for Christ, her family, and women on the journey of discovering their God-given purpose. 2022-10-1846 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood89. Motherhood is HardThis week I speak to the honest reality that - Motherhood is Hard! But it is precisely through this vocation of sacrifice and self-giving that we become purified and sanctified! Motherhood is a mission field that encompasses the entirety of mankind since as John Paul II beautifully said “the history of EVERY HUMAN BEING passes through the threshold of a woman’s motherhood” Blessings to you my friends! Have an episode idea you want to hear about? Shoot me a message here!She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhoo...2022-10-1125 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood88. The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful - with Beth SriThis week I am so delighted to chat with my friend Beth Sri about the sanctifying vocation of Marriage. We dive into the new book she authored with her husband Dr. Edward Sri called, The Good, the Messy, and the Beautiful .Beth has a passion for faith and family life and has been a source of encouragement for me, and I KNOW she will bless you. Dr. Edward Sri & Beth Sri Book 👇🏻https://a.co/d/9K2XSetLife Giving Wounds Link👇🏻https://www.lifegivingwounds.org/Have an episode idea you wan...2022-10-0453 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood87. Let Them CryOkay, my friends, we discuss the divinely designed reality of tears this week. Tears, especially those of our little children, can sometimes trigger an emotionally intense response. Our hearts may race, our palms might sweat, and we may suddenly feel an anxious compulsion to fix the pain and eliminate the tears. And yet, God in his most perfect wisdom,designed the human heart to release an exterior expression of our interior world through tears. Though it hurts us to watch others in pain, the tears of our child should signal an opportunity to love and connect. So...2022-09-2719 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood86. Homeschooling the Family - TAN Academy with Krista ThomasThis week I chat with the lovely Krista Thomas from TAN Academy about the wonderful program that TAN has put together for homeschooling families. Although it may not be God's design for every family, for me, homeschooling has always been about growing, learning, exploring, and loving as a family unit. It has been about developing a family culture that can be a living witness of Christ's love. TAN's program is designed to do just that.For all of my lovely friends here who are either discerning homeschooling, or already deep in the beautiful trenches of it, you a...2022-09-2040 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood85. Withdraw and Serve"When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he WITHDREW in a boat to a DESERTED place by himself."As I have been experiencing my own places of deep sorrow and pain, I couldn't help but be surprised and inspired by Christ's own example of walking through pain. Jesus did not merely retreat to hide from authorities. No, I believe, that even the wounded heart of the King of the Universe is moved to moments of needed solitude. He wept at the death of Lazarus, and withdrew once learning of the death of...2022-09-1323 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood84. Jesus, Mary, and the SaintsThis week we wrap up our final episode of I Believe in Love, by discussing the final chapter - Jesus, Mary, and the Saints. Sara and I have had a deeply meaningful time diving deep into this book together with all of you. A special thanks to my sweet friend Sara as it has been a treat to have her on the podcast. Discussion Questions:1. “At the origin of redemption of those souls whom God has resolved to save through YOU must be also your loving abandonment, your Ecce ancilla (‘Behold the Handmaid’), your f...2022-09-0621 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood83. The Eucharist“Jesus and all the treasures of heaven are ours on the altar.” This week Sara joins me once again to discuss conference number 9 of I Believe in Love, on the Eucharist. Father Jean shares the beauty and glorious gift of Jesus in the Eucharist . “The Mass is the divine act around which the lodge of the Church gravitates and of which she is the radiance; the center from which she receives all impulses and toward which she is continually directed; the living source from which she proceeds and the ocean to which she returns”And after rece...2022-08-3033 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood82. The Cross“The most beautiful smiles are those which shine through tears, that we give in spite of ourselves “This week Sara and I discuss the often heavy, but yet so beautiful cross. This is one of my favorite chapters of I Believe in Love, baca use it is in learning how to willingly carry our crosses that we begin to most closely resemble cross glorifier himself, Christ!Discussion Questions:1. “A great cross is, very often, the prelude to a great grace, even for an unbeliever. Suffering ripens the soul, sometimes very quickly. A great trial ca...2022-08-2336 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood81. The Apostolate"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...2022-08-1637 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood80. Fraternal Charity“Learn from me because I am meek and humble of heart.” Father Jean points out that here, in Matthew 11:29, it is the only time that Jesus explicitly tells us to learn from him. And why? To show us that fraternal charity doesn’t begin with money in our pockets, or time spent to serve, but instead if starts from the posture of our hearts, a meek and humble posture.This week Sara Hunter and I continue our book study conversation of I Believe in Love, on the most recent chapter on Fraternal Charity. Discussion Questions:...2022-08-0939 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood79. Great Desire, Humility, & Peace“Routine, terrible routine is the daughter of apathy. In order to rise out of mediocrity and lukewarmness, RENEW YOUR DESIRES”This week, Sara and I dive head first into Chapter 5 of I Believe in Love , and we discuss the hidden importance of having a thirst and desire for Christ. This can seem intimidating, especially when we can become so aware of our broken and sinful ways. Yet, it is often precisely through an acknowledgment of our own littleness, as St. Therese so beautifully lived out, that sets our hearts in the direction of a fiery desire for comm...2022-08-0243 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood78. Abandonment to JesusToday 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:2022-07-2642 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood77. Unshakeable ConfidenceHow easy and often we can become discouraged at our continued sinful nature. When we run to Christ with the same tears of sorrow and regret we can be tempted to think, “Aren’t you tired of me God?” But the short answer is NOT EVEN CLOSE! When we distrust his forgiving heart we subconsciously limit his mercy.Yes, we must know and acknowledge our weakness and limitations, BUT with unshakable confidence of knowing we are loved through the merciful lense of God’s perfect heart.St. John Vianney said “The good Lord is more eager to p...2022-07-1932 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood76. Humble ConfidenceWebster dictionary defines confidence as “the quality or state of being certain.” Are you certain of your Heavenly Father’s goodness? Are you confident in his ceaseless love for you? Understanding and believing in the greatness of God and his tender care for us begins with an awareness of our own littleness. St. Therese understood this profoundly. She knew she was weak and imperfect but trusted that it would be Christ himself, and not by her own efforts, that would lift her to the heights of sainthood. Christ calls us similarly to trust in God’s goodness ...2022-07-1241 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood75. Love for LoveThis episode we kick off the first chapter of our Book Study on I Believe in Love. We begin our first conference diving into the simplicity, yet profound power of love. I am so delighted that my dear friend, Sara Hunter, is joining us this summer to explore the beautiful teaching of St. Therese in more depth. Wish I was joining you in person with a cup of coffee or tea or a glass of wine so we together could share our hearts, our inner stirrings, and the places where Christ is taking us through the power o...2022-07-0533 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood74. I Believe in LoveHey Friends - today is just a short episode to introduce the book we will be journeying through this summer. This book has often been a lifeline for me over the years. My copy is tattered, torn, highlighted, written in, and splattered with coffee stains. The teachings of St. Therese of Lisieux are simple, yet profound and I cannot wait to explore it further with you all!Hope you all have a blessed week!I Believe in Love book: https://www.amazon.com/Believe-Love-Personal-Retreat-Teaching/dp/1928832288Have an episode idea you want to h...2022-06-2811 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood73. Homeschooling: Will They be Socialized?Hey friends! This week I dive in a little deeper around a question I hear all the time, and was one of the biggest questions many people asked us before we started homeschooling, which is "Will they be socialized?" The simple answer is YES my friends, beyond your wildest dreams. But the greater question shouldn't be whether or not they will be socialized if homeschooled, but rather how they are being socialized, whether at home or at school. Hope you all have a blessed week friends!"Hold On to Your Kids" book...2022-06-2134 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood72. Detachment"He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment"One of the greatest secrets to experiencing the joy of Christian living is tasting the goodness of detachment. From a secular perspective, detachment is simply the opposite of attachment. Yet, our Catholic faith speaks of the hidden mystery of detachment when it expresses it as a simple disposition of indifference. Indifference can often imply not caring about, a coldness or lack of compassion, but in truth it is merely "the absence of compulsion to or toward one thing or another." A simple surrender t...2022-06-1432 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood71. God Makes No MistakesEach child is uniquely and perfectly crafted by our Heavenly Father. Yet, far too often, beginning from an early age, we mommas often feel the pressure of making sure our children conform to some arbitrary standard. It isn't necessarily that we desire to change who our children are, but rather that we operate out of a hidden fear that our children will suffer if they don't fit inside the world's box. But newsflash friends, God made no mistakes when he wonderfully knit your child within your womb. Whether short or tall, quiet or loud, tender or wild...2022-06-0735 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood70. Live Simply So You Can Simply LoveIn this episode I speak to one our greatest challenges in western culture, and that is to LIVE SIMPLY. We are often far too anxious, worried, and preoccupied because our schedules are too full and possessions too many. In order to be free to receive the peace of Christ we must strip ourselves of anything that steals our capacity to love. God gently says “live simply so you can simply love”“The more you have, the more you are occupied. The less you have, the more free you are."—St. Teresa of CalcuttaHave a...2022-06-0430 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood69. Yoked to Christ“ Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” Matthew 11:29I’ve learned so much through my own days of working with ox and yoke about how the King of Universe desires that we stay always yoked to him!Have a blessed week friends Have an episode idea you want to hear about? Shoot me a message here!She Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascension- Be encouraged and uplifted: www.asc...2022-05-3125 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood68. Sometimes Darkness is NecessarySometimes it takes darkness for the crumbs of our lives to be illuminated by the light. “The endurance of darkness is the preparation for great light” - St. John of the CrossHave a blessed week friends!Have an episode idea you want to hear about? Shoot me a message here!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...2022-05-2428 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood67. Guilt vs ShameGuilt and shame are often used interchangeably, yet they are two very different emotions:“Guilt is a feeling you get when you did something wrong, or perceived you did something wrong. Shame is a feeling that your whole self is wrong, and it may not be related to a specific behavior or event”Guilt can be a good that leads us to regret, repair, and reconciliation, often sending us into the arms of Christ, while shame is often accompanied with darkness and a disposition that turns our hearts away from God. H...2022-05-1724 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood66. Cup OverflowsMy Cup Overflows: ”For it is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.” -Luke 6:45What is it that we are filling our hearts and minds with? Is our cup full of dirty water that has been muddled with anger, resentment, comparison or greed, so that when the world bumps us , which it will, this is what comes spilling out? Or are we taking the time to fill our cup with all that is good, beautiful, and true so when our mouth speaks only the pure clean water of God’s goodness pours out? 2022-05-1026 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood65. Don't Be the Accuser“You must avoid not only blaming others, but also blaming yourself. You are inclined to blame yourself for the difficulties you experience in relationships. But self-blame is not a form of humility, it is a form of self-rejection, in which you ignore or deny your own goodness and beauty” - Henri Nouwen The enemy who goes by many names, such as the Liar, the Deceiver, or the Prince of Darkness, often goes by another name. In fact, we must be careful to refuse his attempts to work through US to fulfill this ugly and dangerous role - the Accu...2022-05-0327 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood64. A Million Little YesesGod gives us the opportunity to give him our fiat hundreds of times each day. Mary gave us the most perfect example of a humble, tender, and trusting fiat when she accepted God’s will for her life when The Annunciation took place. Yet, this was not Mary’s only “Yes” that she presented to our Lord. No, in fact Mary ‘s whole life was one long fiat where she lived out a perfect acceptance of and cooperation with God’s plans. We too have the opportunity to present our Lord with our fiats on a daily basis and pare...2022-04-2620 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood63. Homeschooling JourneyI have recently received a number of questions from listeners around my own personal homeschooling journey with my children. So I wanted to take the time to share my experience and what has worked well for our family.But friends, please remember that God’s perfect design for each of us, our children, and our homes is uniquely crafted for our families. Though I love to share my own wonderful experience, my greatest advice is to pray over what God desires for your family and your schooling plans, let Him take the lead and trust that He is...2022-04-1950 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood62. Sorrowful Mysteries: Crucifixion of Christ - Grace in Grief with Stephanie WeinertThis week we wrap our Lenten series on the Sorrowful Mysteries, with the Crucifixion of Christ. As I was praying on this mystery, I kept reflecting on the pure love and goodness of our Lord Jesus Christ, as he laid down his life for us on the Cross. I was delighted to sit down and chat with my friend Stephanie Weinert about this gift of self-love as well as the grace in grief that our Lord so desires to pour out upon us. Stephanie shines a light on the truth that we as mothers, whether spiritual or...2022-04-1239 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood61. Sorrowful Mysteries: Carrying of the Cross with Laura PhelpsThis week I am so delighted to continue our conversation on the sorrowful mysteries with my dear friend, author, speaker, ministry leader, and beautiful momma of four, the lovely Laura Phelps.We continue our journey by discussing the fourth sorrowful mystery, The Carrying of the Cross. Laura recently wrote the beautifully profound book Sweet Cross: A Marian Guide to Suffering, which was powerfully instrumental in my own spiritual journey, especially as I was under the weight of my own painful cross this past year.Please join me and Laura as we discuss the beauty, pain...2022-04-0543 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood60. Sorrowful Mysteries: Crowning of ThornsAs we continue our Lenten Series this week, my heart has been brought to a place of deep pain and sorrow for all that Christ endured in order to restore our broken relationship with God. “Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the praetorium, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe upon him and plaiting a crown of thorns they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him they mocked him, saying, 'Hail, King of th...2022-03-2930 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood59. Your Motherhood Matters!YOUR MOTHERHOOD MATTERS! I was out on a walk thinking through all the things I want to get done and tend to as I nest for the arrival of our new baby, and suddenly I was struck with the stark reality of what I was investing my heart in. Our Lord slowly and tenderly pierced my heart in a powerful reminder that motherhood matters. Whether biological or spiritual, who we are as women in the lives of others has profound eternal impacts. We are heart shapers, way makers, and kingdom multipliers! 2022-03-2522 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood58. Sorrowful Mysteries: Scourging at the PillarWe continue our series on the sorrowful mysteries this week with the Scouring at the Pillar. Before sending Jesus to be scourged, Pilate was faced with the choice of standing up for what was right in his eyes, and even more powerfully through his wife's eyes, or caving into the pressure of the crowds. When Pilate saw "that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning,” he gave in to the pressure to please the crowds, rather than listen to the inner voice that was dying to scream for what is true, jus...2022-03-2230 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood57. Lenten Series: Sorrowful Mysteries - Agony in the GardenToday, we kick off our Lenten Series on the Sorrowful Mysteries. I have been wanting to enter into a deeper reflection and look at the beautiful mysteries of the Rosary for quite some time. I couldn't think of a more fitting time to dive headfirst into exploring the sorrowful mysteries than Lent itself. The agony in the garden gives us a real look into the vulnerable and authentic humanness of Christ. With deep sorrow and pain, Jesus falls with his face to the ground and prays to God the Father to take this cup of suffering from...2022-03-1524 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood56. We all Need a Momma; Mary & the Rosary with Elizabeth Foss“The Rosary is scripture on a string, each bead marking a place in the Bible. But it is more than that. It is the rhythmic contemplation of the mysteries of Christ's story. It is the ‘epitome of the whole gospel’ (CCC 971). The repeated prayers set the rhythm- the quiet cadence that brings us into his presence. And the scripture stories of our savior give us breath” - Elizabeth Foss, 𝑷𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓Next week, we will be beginning a Lenten Series on the Sorrowful Mysteries. But before we journey with Christ on the walk to Calvary, I wanted to explore the beauty of the Rosary a...2022-03-0840 min