How can mothers help the other members of our families learn and appreciate the importance of prayer?
Mothers can and should teach prayer to her children when they are very young so that it will become to them as natural as breathing. Praying in your child’s presence as they are growing teaches them that prayer is really a part of daily life. Turning to prayer with them in times of need and times of thanksgiving teaches them that prayer is a very necessary part of our lives. Trips to the Blessed Sacrament with our children to visit Jesus who is waiting there for us, teaches our children a practice, that hopefully they will carry out on their own when they are older. They will know that when they are able, they can retreat to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament for grace and strength and at the times when they cannot, they will lift their heart to our Lord in prayer. Q: Who are some of your mothering role models? A: My own mother and grandmother who were very prayerful are great role models for me. My mother prayed the Rosary with all of us 8 children. She lit a candle before a statue of the
