A Mother’s Rule of Life
By Holly Pierlot
ISBN 1928832415
http://www.sophiainstitute.com/productdetails.cfm?PC=253
I came across this book and was immediately intrigued by its title. Once I began reading it, it was hard to put down. This book was packed full of wonderful ideas and inspiration. It was written as if the author was sitting across the table from you while you both drank your morning coffee. Holly Pierlot has taken the concept of a Rule of Life, used by nuns and monks, and has adapted it for the Motherly role for all women. After explaining how the Rule of Life works in the convents, she breaks the book into 5 important priorities in life: Prayer, Person, Partner, Parent and Provider. In each chapter, she discusses techniques for how to fit each of these priorities into your life by means of an organized schedule. By scheduling time for each of these, you are allowing yourself to dedicate time appropriately to your priorities while still fulfilling your needs as a woman. She concludes the book by showing how these schedules can be created and how to implement the plan. I have started to implement some of this in my own life and what a difference it has made already. This book is a wonderful resource for any Christian woman. It will help her to place God as the top priority in her life. In doing so, the graces she receives from her relationship with Christ then trickle down into the family life. Our relationship with Christ is the most important thing in our lives and yet so many of us do not put Him in the forefront. In Holly’s book, she shows how this is not only possible but also how it enriches our lives as women, mothers and wives. This is a model for all Catholic/Christian families to follow!
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