make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
The Church is experiencing a profound renewal — a new springtime of faith. But what does that look like in your home? In your parish? In your daily life?
We are living in a time of tremendous opportunity for renewal: a new springtime. As Catholics, we aren't called to retreat from the world, but to become leaven within it—to live so fully in the joy and freedom of the Gospel that our lives might become an invitation.
Let's explore what it means to live as an authentic Catholic family in our time: the beauty of the Faith, the reality of raising children in Christ, the struggles and triumphs of Catholic life, and how ordinary families become instruments of the New Evangelization. From marriage and parenthood to education and community, let's look at how joy—rooted in Christ and His Church—might become the normal rhythm of Catholic life.
Let's usher in the New Springtime Pope John Paul II proclaimed. Catholic family life doesn't have to look perfect to be beautiful. The world doesn't need more noise. It needs to see Catholics living with conviction, charity, and contagious joy.
Let's make joy normal.
make joy normal: Catholics in the new springtime
mom guilt
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We discuss the various ways that mom guilt gets us, how it manifests and ways we can manage it.
1:40 - The struggle is real
6:22 - Respect for every family
13:34 - The worry that we're not patient enough
19:01 - The guilt that our house is not clean enough
23:45 - Finding order
31:47 - The guilt of not spending enough time with our kids
41:36 - The guilt of feeling that we are too loose or too strict
50:20 - When you are using curriculum that is guilt-inducing
52:32 - Moms of adult kids feel guilt too
53:20 - Planned time alone and talking to a friend
54:40 - Taking records of our school work
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