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Flourishing women — that is, women striving every day to live their authentic capacity for motherhood — transform families, workplaces, cities and the world.
As anyone who spends time on social media knows, women are constantly barraged with opportunities to compare themselves and detract from others, and specifically from themselves, causing them, among other things, to doubt their self-worth.
There is something in the compassionate, life-giving part of women that is easily targeted in the gossip and comparison game.
An authentically Catholic vision of wellness highlights the need for all people to understand their inherent goodness — that they are beautifully and intentionally made by a loving Father. Women, in particular, reflect this truth through the gift of their femininity. Yet so many people, and so many mothers specifically, fall into the trap of thinking we must earn our dignity through likes on a Facebook post, or the number of Instagram reels we create highlighting our “liturgical living” wins.
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As anyone who spends time on social media knows, women are constantly barraged with opportunities to compare themselves and detract from others, and specifically from themselves, causing them, among other things, to doubt their self-worth.
There is something in the compassionate, life-giving part of women that is easily targeted in the gossip and comparison game.
An authentically Catholic vision of wellness highlights the need for all people to understand their inherent goodness — that they are beautifully and intentionally made by a loving Father. Women, in particular, reflect this truth through the gift of their femininity. Yet so many people, and so many mothers specifically, fall into the trap of thinking we must earn our dignity through likes on a Facebook post, or the number of Instagram reels we create highlighting our “liturgical living” wins.
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Mother’s Day and the Power of the Feminine Heart
Whether in homes, classrooms, religious life, or quiet suffering, the feminine heart reveals God’s love through sacrifice, prayer, and presence.
