How to bring peace to your home
On January 1, 2000, Holly Pierlot pounded her fist on the kitchen table and yelled at her husband, “I can’t take it anymore!”
Motherhood and homeschooling had overwhelmed her. The house was dirty, the laundry undone. Holly felt frustrated, discouraged, and alone. She couldn’t find time to snuggle and have fun with her five children or to go out with her husband. Yes, she loved Philip and she did love God, but she had come to resent Philip’s freedom and she almost never found time for prayer.
Today, everything’s better.
Holly still homeschools, but the house is cleaner, she gets more done, and the kids are happier. There’s less stress, less strife, and less housework. Holly’s been healed of past wounds that troubled her soul and her marriage. Best of all, she spends at least an hour each day in prayer and time each evening with Philip.
Holly brought about these changes with what she calls her Mother’s Rule of Life, a pattern for living that combines the spiritual wisdom of the monastery with the practical wisdom of motherhood.
Holly’s Rule is not just another set of schedules; it’s a way for Christian mothers to answer God’s call to holiness.
With the help of your own Rule, you can get control of your own household, grow closer to God, come to love your husband more, and raise up good Christian children. In these wise and practical pages, Holly shows you how.
Do you want to be a better wife and mother? To have more order in your life? To grow in union with God? Are you desperate yet?
With your own Mother’s Rule of Life, you’ll transform motherhood and its burdens into the joyful vocation it’s meant to be. Learn from Holly Pierlot how to craft a Rule that’s right for you and your family. Then use that Rule to help God draw you, your husband, and each of your children into Heaven!
Read an excerpt.
My husband brought this book home for me and I have thanked him multiple times for doing so. It is easy to read and gives detailed steps in helping organize your schedule and spiritual life. Two things in which I really needed some direction. I found peace while reading it. I have to admit though that I have not exactly been very good at sticking to the schedule I developed but hopefully I will be able to do that soon. A great book for anyone feeling overwhelmed with their vocation as wife and mother.
1. I Reach the Breaking Point
2. A Rule of Life
3. The First P: Prayer
4. The Second P: Person
5. The Third P: Partner
16. The Fourth P: Parent
7. The Fifth P: Provider
18. Pulling Together Your Rule
19. Getting Determined
10. The Heart of a Mother's Rule
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Holiness for Housewives
How to Raise Good Catholic Children