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Those Heroic Moments
This article reprinted from the Spring/Summer 1995 issue of
The Catholic Family's Magnificat! Home Education Magazine
Copyright. All Rights Reserved
Upon reflecting on ways to combat "cabin fever," I remembered G. K. Chesterton's comment that the "most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man living with a loving and ordinary woman and raising a family together."
There is the presence of the sacred in the ordinary parts of our lives, as well as in the peak events like wedding and births. In fact, our liturgy tell us this, as a greater part of the church year is composed of "ordinary" time. Just as we continue to meet Christ at Mass during those parts of the liturgical year, so can we also meet Him in the ordinary times of our lives.
Hardly any time is more ordinary than these months wherein the first blush of enthusiasm for the school year has long since faded, yet a summer break is months away. The question is - how do we redeem this time, persevere through it, and make it valuable?
Although we may not be "happy" with some particular circumstances as the months drag on, we can know the joy of obeying God in bringing up our children in the way He desires. We homeschoolers try to meet that commitment as much as is humanly possible.
Those Heroic Moments
I have heard the "the heroic moment" described as that time upon first awakening when we decide whether to get up and pray in the morning or stay snuggled under the covers a few more minutes. Yet those days when I have been "heroic" have also been the days when I have been more in communion with God, have thought of Him more often, and have tried consciously to please Him. God's mercies are new every morning, and although when I have had infants nursing round-the-clock, and I could not get up at dawn for prayers, there is such a blessing when I could meet Our Lord and experience that mercy from daybreak onward.
Praying the Morning Offering every day unites our work to Christ's because our offerings help redeem souls, and makes ordinary days extraordinary. Then we can ask, wOd Dreamwomanjav Hr 1942 Dream Woman Jav Keepi