The Christian Mother: The Education of Her Children and Her Prayer

A Spiritual Guide and Prayer Book for Catholic MothersThe Christian Mother: The Education of Her Children, and Her Prayer by Rev. W. Cramer is a Catholic classic (originally published in 1880) that provides guidance and spiritual direction on raising children in Christian virtue. Furthermore, it includes an extensive treasury of prayers written specifically for Catholic mothers.The book is divided into two parts: Spiritual Direction (Part I) & Prayers (Part II) Part I: The Education of Her Children offers practical instruction on a mother’s vocation and the formation of children, including topics such as: the mother’s fear of God and piety; love for children; introducing children to the truths of the Faith; how to address children’s faults; guarding holy modesty and innocence; a mother’s direction of her children; and the mother of a priest.Part II: Prayers for a Christian Mother provides prayers “for the most important situations and necessities of a mother,” including:Prayers for daily life (including morning and evening prayers).Prayers for Holy Mass—organized by key moments of the liturgy—both for a mother’s own vocation and for assisting at Mass for the benefit of her children.Prayers for your children’s spiritual protection and growth (including prayers for protection in dangers, preservation from grievous sin, fear of God, chastity, love of truth, and more).Milestone prayers such as prayers related to school and a child’s First Communion.Additional devotions, including a Way of the Cross made by mothers for the benefit of their children, the Rosary of the Christian Mother (for herself and for her children), and a Litany for a Christian Mother.Ideal for: Catholic mothers, expectant mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, marriage preparation gifts, and any home seeking time-tested Catholic counsels and prayers for raising children in virtue.What this book helps you do:Prioritize what matters most in the Christian education of children—formation in faith, virtue, and a life ordered toward God.Respond to common parenting struggles with wisdom grounded in Catholic moral teaching and a mother’s vocation.Prayer for all occasions—prayers for a mother’s daily life (morning and evening prayers), spiritual battles, and major milestones. Also, specific prayers for the children to be said with the Rosary, the Stations of the Cross, and at Holy Mass.The Catholic Press on "The Christian Mother":This excellent little work, which is both a book of instruction and one of prayer, should be in the hands of every Christian mother, for in its pages will be found all those helps which religion gives in the responsible duties of a mother's life.—New Orleans Morning Star."We have never seen so complete and beautiful a religious manual for Christian Mothers. It wants nothing but to be well used."—London Tablet.This beautiful little book directs the mother in all her Christian duties. It is a guide in her ministry of love, care, and education to her children.—Waterloo Catholic Times. Read more