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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!Support the showShe Loved: Resting in the Beaut...
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!Support the showShe Loved: Resting in the Beauty of Motherhood (New Motherhood Book with Ascensi...
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!Support the showShe 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 be...
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...
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Latte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood55. Life-Giving Rhythm and OrderHey friends! This week, we discuss something that has been life-giving in my life. Spending time cultivating rhythm and order may seem silly at first glance, but I have found over the years that family rhythms can be a real source of life for our hearts and souls. St. Paul mentions in 1 Corinthians 14:40 that "all things should be done decently and in order." This is a good reminder to us all, that whether regarding the interior life or the home life, all things should be done decently and with order. In this episode, I discuss some of my...
2022-03-0137 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood54. Prayer Series Part 4: Rush for Nothing at All, with Jason EvertFriends, I could not be more excited to share this conversation with you all. Today, I wrap up the prayer series we have been doing with speaker, author, and ministry leader - Jason Evert. We dive headfirst into a very important topic, the last line of the prayer, which is "Rush for Nothing at All!"What does this mean? When praying through this line, one of my all-time favorite saints kept flooding my heart. Saint John Paul the Great was an exemplary model of never rushing. During his pontificate, Pope John Paul II led a packed schedule o...
2022-02-2239 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood53. Prayer Series Part 3: Soften My Face & Quiet My Voice, with Alexandria DeRoseI'm excited to be jumping into the third part of this prayer series and second part of the prayer itself to explore the piece - "Soften My Face & Quiet My Voice." It was such a delight to have the joyful momma blogger, Alexandria DeRose, join me to explore this topic. There is a universal calling placed onto the hearts of every woman alike to soften our faces and quiet our voices. But we must be careful here, as this does not mean we must all be soft-spoken, quiet, or passive. Rather, some of the strongest women who...
2022-02-1531 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood52. Prayer Series Part 2: Break Me from the Need to Control, with Bonnie LandryThis week we dive head first into the first line of the prayer we are exploring: “Break me from the need to control, free me from this bondage.” I couldn’t be more delighted to have had the chance to sit down with my sweet friend and momma mentor, Bonnie Landry, to discuss the idea of letting go of control. Our weary souls are often grasping tightly to as much control as we can maintain because we subconsciously believe it will bring order, rhythm and freedom to our days. However, God comes right into the depths of our hea...
2022-02-0837 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood51. Prayer Series Part 1: Hearing the Voice of God, with Father Mark-Mary, CFRThis week we kick off a new series that is very near and dear to my heart with a very special guest, Father Mark-Mary, CFR. The series relates to a prayer that our Lord placed on my heart a year ago. Over the next few weeks, we will be diving into the various components to this prayer:"Lord, break me from the need to controlFree me from this bondage. Soften my face, quiet my voice, and let me rush for nothing at all!"But before diving into each piece, I wanted...
2022-02-0142 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood50. Newsflash: You are NOT responsible for your child's happinessThis week’s episode was something my own momma heart needed so desperately to hear. After a tear-filled cry to momma Mary, I was reminded that “Newsflash: You are not responsible for your children’s happiness.”We mommas love our children so profoundly and deeply, that we often carry around a heavy chain of responsibility that was never meant for our shoulders. Instead, our prime duty to our children, is not to ensure their happiness, but rather to simply love them. It isn’t always easy to express our love through word and action amidst the stressors of every da...
2022-01-2525 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood49. We All Need Healing: An Interview with Dr. Bob SchuchtsI am so excited to share this conversation with you all. I had the chance to sit down with my dear friend, and author Dr. Bob Schuchts on the fundamental truth that we all need healing. Dr. Bob is the founder of the John Paul II Healing Center, and is a nationally renowned speaker. Bob is the author of Be Healed: Encountering the Powerful Love of Jesus in Your Life, and Be Transformed: The Healing Power of the Sacraments. His beautiful wisdom into the human soul and the importance of healing for all of us...
2022-01-1833 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood48. Emptiness - is it so bad?Emptiness- is it as bad as it seems? In fact, it is my word of the year! Now, before you start to worry and feel bad for my weary heart, there is so much in this episode that I would love to share with you about the greater and bigger meaning behind emptiness, that I have only begun to discover. The word empty which Webster defines as "containing nothing, not occupied or inhabited", is often associated with darkness, loneliness and despair. To feel a deep sense of emptiness can be a terrifying and painful. Yet, I am j...
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Latte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood47. New Year & New Wine - with special guest Bridget O'BoyleHey Friends! Welcome back to a brand-new season of Latte & Laundry. We open up Season 3 with the start of a new year, 2022. For many of us 2021 was not an easy year. In fact, it was often filled with confusion and anxiety. Yet, through Christ's most perfect example at the wedding of Cana, we can see how the dry and empty can often be transformed into something beautiful and new. I am so excited to welcome my first guest of Season 3, my very dear friend and fellow podcaster, Bridget O'Boyle. In this episode we discuss how it is prec...
2022-01-0433 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood46. Breathing Life into our ChildrenIn our season finale we are excited about our last topic: Breathing Life into our Children. As parents, we can do so much good for our kids but we can also cause so much damage through our words and actions. We often forget how incredibly important words are, especially for young minds and hearts. It is our job as parents to love and be patient with our children just as God is so unbelievably patient with us and our many mistakes. Though it's not always easy to uplift and be patient, God is merciful and gives us...
2021-11-3037 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood45. Letting Go of PerfectionismIn this episode we are stripping away and revealing the truth behind the idea of worldly perfectionism. In this day in age we often feel the need to prove ourselves to others, and in trying to fulfill this wayward desire, we forget our true purpose and that is of perfect unity with Christ. Perfection can have a very negative connotation because it frequently takes over our thoughts and minds like when we put impossible expectations on ourselves: I must be the perfect mother, I must be the perfect wife, no one can see my mistakes...
2021-11-1630 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood44. Disciple: Powerful 'D' WordAs 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 o...
2021-11-0231 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood43. Delight: Powerful 'D' WordThis week we are excited to talk about a powerful word, delight. We are moving from the dangerous words to such powerful words. Our word this week focuses both on how God delights so much in us but also how we are called to delight in everything and everyone around us. Life can often become impossible to bear and things around us become a blur but when we can stop and delight in things around us it can change us to the core. It draws us outwards and not only changes us but changes those...
2021-10-2633 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood42. Despair: Another Dangerous ‘D’ WordThis week we are continuing our four part 'D' word series. Our focus will be on the dangerous word of Despair. Despair is not sadness, grief, or heart shattering pain. It is the "utter loss of hope." (Webster dictionary)Life will always bring crosses and we have every right to feel sad, angry, and frustrated by what has happened to us. God, however, has given us the great virtue of hope to keep us from despair. Jesus came to be the hope that every heart needs. Christ is hope. He can handle our anger, He hu...
2021-10-1932 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood41. Deserve: The Dangerous 'D' WordWe are so excited to start a new four part series on two dangerous 'D' words and two powerful 'D' words! In this episode we focus on the dangerous 'D' word: Deserve.It's a word we toss around and use easily and carelessly without giving much thought to what we are proclaiming. Though there are truths to the word, for example, we deserve the right to life, we deserve worth and dignity but when we look at it in other ways, it can be very dangerous to how we view things.When we focus on...
2021-10-1233 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood40. Help I’m Drowning: An interview with Sally ClarksonThis week we were so blessed to spend time chatting with author, speaker, blogger, podcaster, and spiritual mother to many- Sally Clarkson. Her new book “Help I’m Drowning: Weathering the Storms of Life with Grace and Hope” couldn’t be available at a more critical time in our world today. With the intense political atmosphere, pandemic woes, overseas crisis, new school year and fall activities kicking into gear, Sally’s book so beautifully speaks into the hearts of many. This world is broken and fallen, yet there is an untouchable hope, a hope beyond measure an...
2021-10-0533 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood39. Transcendental: TruthThis week we complete our series on the Transcendentals with Truth. Truth is the final one we talk about because it tends to be the more difficult of the transcendentals to draw us to God. "The truth will set you free." (Jn 8:32) But the question is, what is truth? In this episode we dive into what truth is: subjective vs objective. Subjective truth can change based on what my likes and dislikes are while objective truth is unchanging regardless of my feelings towards it. For example, God either exists or He doesn't exist and my feelings and knowledge o...
2021-09-2835 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood38. Transcendental: GoodnessIn this weeks episode we are continuing on to the next transcendental- Goodness. Goodness something that cannot be made or taken away it simply is what is. All being has an innate goodness but we must recognize that though everything has goodness there is a hierarchy to it. Broccoli, for example, does not have the same goodness as a child. They are profoundly different and we cannot compare them at the same level. In today's society it has become much more difficult to know what is good. What I want/desire is not often what is good. We...
2021-09-2127 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood37. Transcendental: BeautyThis week we are starting a new series. It's a three part series on the Transcendentals: Beauty, Goodness, and Truth. These transcendentals are properties of all being. They reflect the divine origin of all things and the unity of all truth and reality in God. This week we are focusing on beauty. Beauty is meant to lead us to the creator of beauty itself- God. It is argued to be the starting point of conversion for many people because it transcends us to see God through the beauty that is found...
2021-09-1432 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood36. Danielle Bean InterviewWe are so excited to kick off season 2 with an incredible guest. Author and speaker Danielle Bean (@daniellebean ) joins us to discuss her newest book-Whisper: Finding God in the everyday.In this episode we talk about how the world can seem so chaotic, broken, and messy and our days can often feel mundane and wildly busy. It can feel hard in these moments to recognize the touch and voice of God. Yet, this is exactly where God is holding our hands and filling our hearts, in the tiny moments of the every dayShe was s...
2021-09-0733 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood35. Cardinal Virtues- Wrap Up with Br. Pius Marie, CFRThis is our FINAL episode of the season! We are ending our first season with an amazing interview with our dear friend Brother Pius Marie, CFR. It has been such a blessing to have him with us throughout the season.In the last four episodes we were able to dive into each virtue: Prudence, Justice, Fortitude, and Temperance. This week, Br. Pius, helps us wrap up and tie together the cardinal virtues. He so beautifully helps us pull them all together and show how they work together along side the Theological virtues. Thank you to a...
2021-08-2431 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood34. Summer Shorts - TemperanceIn this episode we discuss the last of the cardinal virtues: temperance! We are so thankful for all of our listeners for walking through each of these amazing virtues with us. Next week we will wrap up our summer series with an amazing interview with Brother Pius Marie cfr! The catechism of the Catholic Church so beautifully tells us that "temperance: moderates the attraction of pleasures and provides balance in the use of created goods...it keeps desires within the limits of what is honorable." (1809)Though the pleasures of t...
2021-08-1719 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood33. Summer Shorts- FortitudeThis week we are so excited to talk about the cardinal virtue: fortitude. We were so excited to dive into this topic as it has a lot of significance in both our lives. Fortitude ensures firmness in difficulties and is constantly pursing the good (CCC 1808). It's so important not only for large moments in our lives but it's necessary in every day actions. It helps us resist temptation, helps conquer fear, face trails and persecutions, and gives strength so we can pursue the good. Fortitude gave St. Maximilian Kolbe th...
2021-08-1022 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood32. Summer Shorts- JusticeWe are back this week continuing our discussion on the cardinal virtues. This week we are focusing on Justice. Though it was a difficult topic for us to explain and even grasp, we truly fell in love with this virtue as it was so different than what we had originally thought. Justice is the constant and firm will to give our due to God and neighbor (CCC 1807). It has two parts: First, it is knowing what is due to our neighbor. Second, it is taking action of what we know is due to our neighbor. An...
2021-08-0315 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood31. Summer Shorts- PrudenceIn this week’s episode we begin our final summer shorts series on the cardinal virtues. This week we will focus on the virtue: prudence. The cardinal virtues are considered the 'hinge' in which all other virtues come from.St. Thomas Aquinas tells us that prudence is "right reason in action” meaning it enables you to do the right thing in a particular situation. It is not only knowing what you ought to do but accepting the grace to carry out the action. This can be so difficult. We often know what should be done, but...
2021-07-2713 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood30. Theological Virtues-Wrap Up with Brother Pius Marie CFRThis episode is an amazing wrap up on the theological virtues with our very dear friend, Brother Pius Marie. We were thrilled to have him in the studio with us and felt like we were on a spiritual retreat listening to his insights.The theological virtues are gifts that are given to us by God at our baptism and what a gift they are. God desires so much for us to know Him in the virtue of Faith, to be with Him and long for union with Him in the virtue of Hope, and lastly, to love...
2021-07-2032 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhoodSummer Week Off- small FAVOR!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.We would love it if you would share our podcast with your family and friends! And be sure to subscribe so you don't miss out on each weeks episode. If you have enjoyed our podcast we ask that you consider leaving us a review. May God bless you!Suzanne and JulieIf this e...
2021-07-1301 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood29. Summer Shorts- LoveWe will be concluding this week's theological virtue series with the virtue of Love/Charity. This is the the most important of the theological virtues because as St. Paul tells us, faith and hope will pass away but love will remain. The Catechism of the Catholic Church tells us that "Charity upholds and purifies our human ability to love, and raises it to the supernatural perfection of divine love." We cannot love fully without this gift given to us by God. To love our spouse, our children, family, friends, strangers and most importantly, God Himself, w...
2021-07-0614 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood28. Summer Shorts- HopeThis week we are exploring the next theological virtue- Hope. This was certainly an unexpected joy to talk about and learn more about. We both were amazed and surprised by how much we learned and fell more in love with this virtue. Hope sustains in time of abandonment. Hope preserves us from selfishness. Hope leads to happiness that flows from charity. Hope keeps our eyes set on heaven!The hope we talk about is not a hope in the desires of this world. Instead, it is a hope...
2021-06-2916 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood27. Summer Shorts- FaithWe are kicking off our first virtue of the summer season with the theological virtue: faith. We have been amazed by each of these virtues, learning so much more about that than we realized we could. The Catechism of the Catholic Church (link to the online version below) has so much wisdom and knowledge about each of the virtues. The Catechism explains that Faith is belief in God and belief in all that He has said and revealed to us (see 1814-1816). Ultimately it comes down to what Christ Himself revealed to us- "I am t...
2021-06-2214 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood26. Summer Shorts- The VirtuesWelcome to our Summer Shorts Series! We are thrilled to be starting something new. This summer we will be sharing short episodes on the virtues. In this first episode we begin with a simple explanation of what a virtue is. The Catechism says: A Virtue is a habitual and firm disposition to do good (1803).Virtues require not only good habits but also a participation with divine grace. We cannot have one without the other. Being open to the grace that God so desires to pour into us as well as doing what is r...
2021-06-1511 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood25. Raising Children in the Faith- Interview with Nancy From Catholic SproutsWe could not think of a better way to wrap up our podcast season than with an interview with one of our favorite podcasters, Nancy Bandzuch from the amazing podcast: Catholic Sprouts! We couldn't think of anyone more fitting for the wrap up of our series on: Raising Children in the Faith. Nancy and her husband Bill have devoted so much of their lives to promoting this very important concept of the parents being the primary educators in regards to the faith. Saint John Paul the Great says so simply but so powerfully, "Families, become w...
2021-06-0851 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood24. Raising Children in the Faith- Part 2We are continuing on in our conversation of raising children in the faith. In this episode we dive into some of the more difficult aspects that we can face in handing on our beliefs to our children. Many of these difficulties are often rooted in the thought that we are not good enough for this task. Once we see this lie for what it is we can have faith in the truth that God has chosen YOU for this mission. No one else is better equipped to raise your children then you. In our conversation we remind...
2021-06-0139 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood23. Raising Children in the Faith- Part 1There 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...
2021-05-2534 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood22. Fatherhood: Interview with Tyler RowleyFatherhood is such an important topic and we were delighted to have Tyler Rowley with us to talk about the topic of Fatherhood. The calling and the vocation of fathers is so important and so vital right now and having him with us to talk about this was such a blessing.Tyler Rowley is the author of a new book called Because of our Fathers: Twenty-Three Catholics Tell How Their Fathers Led Them to Christ. We are so excited to promote this book and talk about what inspired him throughout the process of writing this book.
2021-05-2038 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood21. Fatherhood: Interview with Renzo OrtegaIn this weeks episode we are delighted to have in the studio Renzo Ortega from the ministry: Two become Family. He started a beautiful family ministry with his wife and is a recent publisher of a new book coming out in June called, Go To Joseph: 10 Day Preparation for Consecration to St. Joseph. It was such a blessing having him in the studio with us and hearing his perspective on the topic of fatherhood. What a pertinent time to have him on in the year of St. Joseph! Being a dad of 5 little kiddos and hav...
2021-05-1850 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood20. Motherhood: Live at Theology on TapA few months ago we were so blessed to give a talk on the topic of Motherhood in Julie’s home town, Madison, Wisconsin. We sadly couldn't be with them in person but were able to join them over zoom and couldn't have been more amazed by all the young adults we were able to meet. We are so passionate about the topic of motherhood and wanted to share this talk with our listeners. This talk dives into the great calling that mothers have and how to find meaning and purpose within our vocation as mothers in ev...
2021-05-1155 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood19. Marriage Part 3: Interview with Alicia HernonVocation: “A call from God to a distinctive state of life, in which the person can reach holiness.” The Second Vatican Council made it plain that there is a "Universal call to holiness in the Church." Therefore, it is precisely through living out our vocation in marriage that we find our unique path to holiness. This week we are excited to wrap up our Marriage series with an amazing guest. We were honored to talk with Alicia Hernon from the Messy Family Project out in Steubenville Ohio. She has a fiery passion for the calling of the Chris...
2021-05-0447 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood18. Marriage Part 2We are diving into part two of our marriage series by looking at the ways we often struggle within our marriages. Society and media can often skew our perception of a healthy marriage but we talk of ways to help marriages thrive. We go over different topics like trust and loyalty and how important they are to have a strong relationship with your spouse.Sometimes there are bumps along the way and intervention is needed through counseling but we have come to realize that our marriage is the most important thing in our lives second only to Go...
2021-04-2746 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood17. Marriage Part 1This week we start a new three part series on marriage! We begin by looking at what the Sacrament of Marriage was created for and what God's true intention for it is. Marriage can be beautiful, messy, difficult, and can stretch us in every possible way. Yet, God created marriage to be a saint making machine. If this is where God has called you, then we must remember that the path to heaven and holiness is fully living out our vocation in marriage.Yet, it isn’t always easy but we can rest our weary hearts in kn...
2021-04-2040 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood16. Crushing the 'When I, Then I' LieWe had such a great time recording this episode as it was something on both of our hearts. We explore the “When I, Then I” lie. We constantly travel through life believing the lies that only when we obtain our future goals then we will find our happiness. For example: When I get married, then I will be happy. When I have children, then I'll feel complete. When I get that new job or raise, then I'll be able to do what I truly want. Yet, we cannot find happiness and joy simply in waiting for the future and what i...
2021-04-1339 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood15. Easter and the Resurrection: Interview with Fr. Louis MerosneThe Lord has risen HALLELUJAH! We have made it through Lent and what a difficult but blessed Lent it was. Christ has truly done so much in our hearts these past weeks and now it is time to celebrate. "For if we have grown into union with Him through a death like His, we shall also be united with Him in the resurrection We know that our old self was crucified with Him, so that our sinful body might be done away with, that we might no longer be in slavery to sin." -Romans 6:5-6We are so blessed and honored to have...
2021-04-0643 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood14: Identity in Christ- Forgiven and RedeemedWe have made it through Lent and we could not be more grateful to our listeners for going through this journey with us as we explored what it means to find our identity in Christ. This has been such a gift for us and has truly helped us enter more deeply into the season of Lent. We are ending our series with our final Identity: Forgiven and Redeemed. What a beautiful and amazing gift this is for us. Here lies the full weight of what Jesus did for us in His death on the cross. This act...
2021-03-3037 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood13. Identity in Christ: Known & SeenIn this week’s episode we discuss another important identity in Christ : Known and Seen.We often get overwhelmed with the duties and responsibilities of our roles as students, teachers, wives, mothers, friends, etc. We can become consumed with living up to the expectations that the world has placed upon us. We end up believing that our value lies in what we’ve accomplished and what we will continue to achieve, while deep down feeling like we will never be good enough. When the days leave us exhausted and weary, a dark loneliness can settle in. Do...
2021-03-2342 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood12. Interview with Maria Jones: Daughter of GodThis week we are so honored to have Maria Jones from the YouTube channel: "One of Nine" on our Podcast. She was such a joy to talk with and her insights into this weeks topic was so beautiful. This week we dive into our Identity in Christ as Daughter of God. Maria shares with us the ministry that she and her husband have felt a call to. This ministry is to share the stories of other Catholic 'mums' and families in the UK. Showing the world what life is like for these amazing families and...
2021-03-1637 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood11. Identity in Christ: Light ReflectorIn this weeks episode we continue on in our series on our Identity in Christ. This week's topic focuses on being Light Reflectors. We are so excited about this topic of being light reflectors. Our calling is not for others to see us, praise us, or be like us but to see Christ through us. All that we do and say is meant to bring others into a deeper relationship with Christ. This may not be easy as our pride tends to get in the way but trust that He will provide the g...
2021-03-0948 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood10. Identity in Christ: Myrrhbearers -Interview with Laura FanucciWhat an absolute blessing to continue our Lenten Series with Laura Fanucci in this BONUS EPISODE! She brought such a beautiful identity to our attention that both of us have never heard of before. This identity in Christ is called: Myrrhbearers. If you are like the two of us, you may have never heard of this identity or knew it was part of our calling as Christians!This beautiful word is going to be the topic of Laura's Lenten retreat. She will be diving more deeply into WHO the myrrhbearers were and how th...
2021-03-0532 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood9. Identity in Christ: ChosenIn this week's episode we go deeper into our Identity in Christ. We will look at our Identity as being chosen. We are all chosen to be a part of the great plan that God has. Though God does not need us for His plans, He wants us and invites us to take part in it in a very intimate way. With many tears and laughter in this episode, we look at our own lives and those of each person, at how God has chosen each of us to the great mission of the Church. You...
2021-03-0134 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood8: Interview with Br. Pius CFR- Our Identity in ChristThis week we were thrilled to have a special guest, our dear friend, Brother Pius Marie, CFR. He was such a joy to talk with and we were blown away by his wisdom on the topic of: Our identity in Christ. He has such a profound insight on our Identity in Christ being rooted in the cross and suffering. With this heavy topic he helps us draw closer to Christ through our suffering instead of running from it. We often dismiss our cross when we compare ourselves to others, or can be overcome by it c...
2021-02-221h 08Latte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood7. Preparing our hearts for LentIn this special episode we kick off our new Lenten Series where we will be diving into what it means to have our true Identity in Christ. We will explore the deeper meaning of what Lent is and the great gift that the Church has given us through this penitential season. We briefly explain the history and then explore the sacrifices we are called to make during this season so we can prepare our hearts for the Paschal Mystery- The Life, Death, and Resurrection of our Lord. We place our Trust...
2021-02-1549 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood6. Interview with Laura Phelps- Concluding Sisterhood SeriesIn this episode we are thrilled to welcome a new guest to 'The Studio'- Laura Phelps! She graciously agreed to meet with us in person and we could not have been more excited to have her. She not only brought joy to us but her wisdom on the topic of Sisterhood was greater than we could have imagined!Laura is a published author, speaker, ministry coordinator, wife, and mom of 4. She has a servants heart and feels a calling to help other women connect and find community so they aren't walking this walk...
2021-02-0849 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood5. Sisterhood Part 2In this episode we continue our series on sisterhood. We dive more deeply into authentic friendships and some of the struggles that women can face in these relationships. Specifically we dive into some of the dangers and pitfalls of how we women can injure our friendships through areas of: envy, judgment, in-authenticity, and gossip. We will explore these four areas in more detail especially as it relates to things like social media. We will look into the ways they have damaged our own relationships and how we ca...
2021-02-0146 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood4. Sisterhood Part 1Today we start a small series on the treasure and gift of friendship with other women, also known as sisterhood. In a world where we are frequently beaten down and left feeling discouraged, it is often through the treasure of intimate and authentic relationships with other Christ seeking women that help pivot our hearts to truth and to our Lord’s endless loving embrace. This is a topic very important to us, as the daily grind of poop explosions, spilled milk, sibling rivalries, meals to cook, bills to pay, and so much more can...
2021-01-2537 minLatte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood3. Interview with Bonnie Landry- Concluding Martha and Mary SeriesIn today’s episode we are excited to have our very first guest Bonnie Landry! We are so honored to wrap our introductory series and discussion around Martha and Mary with her. Bonnie is a published author, speaker, podcaster, 30 year homeschool veteran and momma to 7 beautiful little souls. Her experienced wisdom has been very fruitful in both of our lives. She gives us some practical ideas to help us find our Mary in the midst of Martha. She provides insightful advice on how to live with a slower, more merciful heart towards those that we love just as...
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Latte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood2. Martha and Mary Part 2Today, we continue our conversation around Martha and Mary, who they are and their relationship with Christ. We move to another pivotal story in Bible history where they played a major role: Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. We explore new ideas that were recently revealed to us while studying this chapter in John's Gospel. How did Martha and Mary respond to Lazarus's death? How did Jesus respond and why did He wait 2 more days before coming to His friends' sides? We explore many verses in this meaty chapter, especially verses 5-6 wher...
2021-01-1139 min
Latte and Laundry: A home for Catholic women, moms, and hearts + encouragement for your mighty motherhood1. Intro to Latte and Laundry: Martha and Mary Part 1Welcome to our Podcast! This is our first episode and we are so excited you are joining us on this journey. We are two best friends feeling a call to share our journey of navigating wifehood, motherhood, sisterhood and everything in between. We explore the Gospels, Saints, and everyday life events. In this podcast we introduce who we are and explore the meaning behind "Latte and Laundry." The inspiration to our title is non other than: Martha and Mary (and Jesus of course- He's the reason for all of this, right?!). Over the next 3 episodes we will ex...
2020-12-3128 min