The Heart of Motherhood: Finding
Holiness in the Catholic Home by
Donna-Marie Cooper OBoyle
Excellent & Beautiful Book For All Catholic Mothers
When dirty dishes and laundry pile up, it’s easy to believe that the call to
sanctity is for someone else. But this inspiring book written by a Catholic
mother of five and based on the teachings of Mother Teresa shows us how
faith can support mothers in their most holy task—raising children.
Personal Review: The Heart of Motherhood: Finding Holiness in
the Catholic Home by Donna-Marie Cooper OBoyle
"The Heart of Motherhood: Finding Holiness in the Catholic Home" by
Donna-Marie Cooper O'Boyle is both encouraging and inspirational. A
mother of five, Donna has weathered the storms and inspires me (as a
new mom) with her experience and wisdom.

Peppered with inspirational quotes from Mother Teresa, among others,
Bible passages and heartfelt prayers, The Heart of Motherhood, inspires
from within. Donna-Marie begins the book with the statement that
motherhood is, indeed, a truly ordinary and yet extraordinary vocation. By
being mothers and by welcoming, loving and teaching our children, we are
truly doing the Lord's work. She explains,
"A mother's day is filled to capacity with many ordinary tasks, not
unimportant, but rather works of love that may be overlooked or unnoticed.
Changing diapers, doing laundry, schedule keeping, house cleaning,
planning and cooking nutritious meals and helping with homework are just
some of the ordinary tasks in a mom's repertoire. Her own family family
may take these loving acts for granted. Although these tasks may seem
mundane, or even monotonous, they are the nitty-gritty details that keep
the family going and together. . . . A mother's deep inner faith affirms that a
day's sacrifices and seemingly ordinary tasks please our Lord because
they are done with extraordinary love."
And later reminds us that "love is not merely a feeling or emotion. Love is
also a decision . . . at times, this decision may be an enormous sacrifice."
Donna-Marie notes that today's society, unfortunately, rarely respects the
woman's role as mother and wife nor the mother's domestic role in the
home. However, rather than focus on that, she encourages her readers to
bring back the dignity and respect motherhood deserves by being an
example of holy mothering to one's family and, ultimately, to society. She
continues by explaining how one can focus on holy mothering, the
importance of a mother's prayer life, shares inspiration for those times
when you feel anything but holy in your mothering, gives inspirational
examples of holy mothers (including the most holy mother, Mary) in history
and ends each chapter with beautiful prayer.
It is a blessing to me to have read this book. I kept starring and underlining
passages and prayers that spoke to me! I couldn't put it down! This is a
book that will be an inspiration for years to come. It does not tell you how
to run a household, how to clean a sink or how to get your family pulled
together each Sunday morning to make it to church on time. Instead, it
delves deeper into the holy vocation of motherhood and encourages
mothers young and old to keep the faith and to recognize the
immeasurable importance of the job to not only their children and families,
but to society, the Christian family and God.
I'll be keeping this book handy, by my bedside, on my kitchen counter, in
the bathroom (yes, you read that right. You KNOW it might be the only
quiet time you get all day!) . . . maybe for a few minutes of refreshing, or
even for 30-seconds of inspiration and prayer.
The essence of "The Heart of Motherhood" is love. God is love. "And the
greatest of these is love. . . . " We do easy, and difficult, ordinary and

extraordinary things for our family and children because we are mothers
(and wives) and we do them out of love.
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