Holiness for Housewives

 General Description:

Housewives: learn how you can stay serene — and even find God —amid the dishes and the diapers!

Written especially for women in charge of households, Holiness for Housewives will help you better understand and respect your vocation as a housewife — and discover in it your own God-given path to sanctity.

This handy guide will show you how to:

• Find meaning in even the most boring work
• Pray in the midst of a bustling household
• Bear the stress of those long days in which the work never seems to end
• Develop a greater awareness of God’s presence — even amid the diapers and the dirty dishes 
• Learn to rely more on your will and less on emotions, when life seems to be an endless round of drudgery
• Handle your burdens and sorrows with prayers that are especially fashioned for housewives

Let Holiness for Housewives show you how to find and savor the lasting pleasures that await you in your noble, God-given vocation as a housewife!

“In our day, when so many are seeking ways to combat fatigue and weariness of spirit, Dom van Zeller points out a sure way to this desired peace. Written with charm and a fine sense of humor.” 
- Ave Maria 

“Housewives and mothers of families will find much to help them in this author’s common sense.”  
-Homiletic & Pastoral Review

Timeless book that will speak to the heart of any mother

Author Hubert van Zeller wrote this book as a spiritual guide for mothers. Originally written in 1951, this book addresses the monotony of household chores and child rearing and celebrates it! When reading this book, a mother will be uplifted and encouraged to continue on in her daily tasks. Hubert van Zeller challenges mothers to utilize the daily tasks as an pathway to holiness! No matter if you are a stay at home mother or a full time working mother this book will challenge you to seek holiness in your role as a mom. 

It truly spoke to me on so many levels. There are times when I feel that to truly be holy I would need to spend my time in front of the Eucharist or attend daily Mass. But with two toddlers and little patience, Mass and Adoration are a rarity. 

"If God wills that you should be bowed over the sink instead of over the pew at your favorite church, then washing dishes is f Full Review...

An easy-to-read explanation of what to expect in your journey towards a meaningful prayer life.

          This book was first published in 1951 under the title Praying While You Work. It teaches you just that – how to pray while you work. This book is an easy-to-read explanation of what to expect in your journey towards a meaningful prayer life with God. “This is the first lesson for the Christian wife and mother today: to let go of what may once have been – and under other circumstances might now be – a recollected self, and take on, with both hands, the plan of God. Indeed it is the lesson for every Christian in every age; it is the gospel principle of dying on one plane in order to live on another.” Page 15.

            Van Zeller seems to really understand the life of a housewife and gives practical advice for building up your prayer life. “It becomes a matter then, of developing a system of p Full Review...

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