Mother Love

I asked my husband for this book for Christmas, and I am so glad that I did. It is absolutely wonderful. It includes every prayer a mother could possibly think of needing throughout the day and even for non-daily occurrences (deaths, births, etc.). The prayers are listed with indulgence instructions, if needed. It also has very helpful general instruction for Catholic mothers in how to be better mothers and wives. I only wish that there was a Confraternity (information included in a section of the book) near me.

My mom found this book at a thrift store. She showed it to me and we we were both astonished by its contents! She immediately gifted me one. Every mother should have it and I would even purchase it for my little daughters for when they grow up.
Be careful: many editions only contain the prayers and not the manual which would make the book quite complete to me.
It’s a veritable treasure and I’m so thankful to God it’s still being printed. Get it, you won’t regret it!

I bought this book with some Christmas money that I received and I am so grateful to have it. The book itself is lovely with the black leather cover and a red ribbon bookmark. The pictures inside are beautiful, and the prayers are amazing. Buy yourself one! And gift one to every mother that you know, if you can. It would make a beautiful gift for a newly married woman, an expecting mother, or a veteran mom alike.

My husband gave me this as a Mother's Day gift. While I appreciated the thought behind it, it was more or less a duplicate of books I already owned in regards to the prayers, plus it contained very outdated instructions as to Christian education. For those of us homeschooling, it's not as simple as outlined, and our lives are far more complicated in that regard. It's not very relevant to the homeschooling mother who must shoulder the entire burden on her own shoulders alone.

As I already have mutliple prayer books, and the instructions are of little use, I won't be using this book much, if at all.

I learned of it on a Facebook page for Catholic women that veil. I am American, married and living in a different country, a place that is quite and overtly hostile to the Catholic Faith, the Church, and Catholics themselves. The dark fog of the Reformation still hangs heavy here, and the Church is rejected even as the Protestant churches are dying and drying up. Needless to say, this place is 110% mission country! And a very difficult place to live compared with America. I now live in a place filled to the brim and overflowing with spiritual warfare. I hope to group this fantastic "sword" of battle with "The Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary" and, God willing, "Rosary Warfare" as well. God help us because it feels as if we are up against hell itself. I praise God for this book! God bless!