TOA all speech trail back to Christ. Keeps a focus.
Many websites and books to get ideas. If you a part of a prayer group/ bible study an excellent way of learning to cultivate a Catholic home.
Concrete Practices, lived experience is not exhaustive
http://www.boston-catholic-journal.com/creating-and-maintaining-a-traditional-catholic-home.htm accessed December 3, 2024
https://www.quietjoys.com/creating-a-catholic-home/ accessed December 3, 2024
Don’t swallow camel whole, Rome not built in a day. Takes a long time authentic liturgical. Need some, children need grounding. Every profession a practicum taught to do job well
Motherhood soundly disparaged during our younger years. We didn’t see the good practice of motherhood. Intense lovers and caretakers of the home.
Make a house a home. Run to and run from.
Positive elements. Incense of motherhood is cinnamon. A home have an aroma, Byzantine church, old Church one of beeswax
Smells anchor them to their memories. Find something that speaks to your heart, and shared.
Ex/ read Bible in the Year, limitations, don’t let enemy be the enemy of the good.
VIII. Contrast to other types of homes
A Catholic home should look and feel different from non-Catholic homes. It should smell and sound different. Sometimes imperceptibly. What is being said and viewed is a marked difference. The dress and concern/ charity for others.
Ex/ England (not Catholic, empty no one home) vs France ( Catholic someone is always home). Eucharist always present in the Church and Christian. Mother be greeted, a living and breathing house. Not latch key kids.
Eucharist source & summit, heart beating within the home. Challenging statement.