He is risen indeed! Happy Easter!
Over the course of Lent this year, I felt a call to share my journey as a Catholic Mom. I decided that come Easter, I would begin, so, here I am! I guess I should start by sharing a bit about who I am and what I want to do with my corner of cyberspace.
My name is Bernadette. As you may have guessed from my ultra-Catholic name, I am a cradle Catholic – but don’t take that to mean that I’m lukewarm! I always held a firm belief in God, but only began to take a real interest in and responsibility my faith when World Youth Day came to my hometown, Sydney, Australia. I was appointed parish representative and worked with other parish reps in the deanery as we prepared for, hosted, and partook of this massive event. It was inspiring to see how these young people were so on fire for Jesus, and I wanted that, too! Over the next few years, I began to study the Catholic faith (and let’s be honest, the Faith is so rich that I don’t think I’ll ever stop!), give more and more of my life to God, and fall deeper in love with Jesus.
I got married in 2021 and we have been blessed with a beautiful baby, who we welcomed into God’s family last year. While you won’t get to meet our child out of respect for both privacy and free will, this baby is a big part of this blog. Since becoming a mother, I have been looking for ways to impart the faith to my child, as my parents did for me. But the world looks different now than it did when I was growing up: there are new minefields to navigate, and a never-ending selection of tools at our disposal, too!
There are a few things I’d like to dedicate this blog to:
- Building Community: I believe that community is one of the most valuable things in life, especially for mothers. However, given the decrease in faith in society in general, connecting with other Catholic moms can sometimes be difficult. Thank God for the internet, though, because we can build a virtual community here! I’d like you to be a part of this blog, too, and for us to use this platform to create a little space for us to share our joys, foster gratitude, encourage each other in times of need, and pray for one another.
- Celebrating the Catholic Faith: there are so many wonderful saints, and celebrations in our faith, so I would like to create some content around that, with the aim of sharing it with our little Christians, of course!
- Exploring Motherhood from a Catholic Viewpoint: we live in a world where we face many challenges in fulfilling our marital promises (and the baptismal promises we made for our children) to raise our little ones in the faith, but we are also blessed with a multitude of wonderful resources that can help us do this! God willing, this blog will be a place to explore the timelessness of Catholic parenting in the modern age.
I hope you’ll follow me as I follow Christ amidst the ups and downs of the messy, strange, sometimes frightening, and always beautiful journey of motherhood!
Oh, and the name of the blog? Well, we all need God’s help, and I would say that parenting as a vocation is one place where this becomes evident! The title is a play on Philippians 4:13, and a reminder that God is always with us, helping us along our entire parenting journey. Let it be our motto; say it loud and proud: I can do Mom things through Christ who strengthens me!
Until next time, let’s pray for each other. And remember, we can do Mom things through Christ who strengthens us!
Mom Things Through Christ 