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A Mother's Rule of Life: How to Bring Order to Your Home and Peace to Your Soul [Paperback]

Holly Pierlot
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April 15, 2004
On January 1, 2000, Holly Pierlot pounded her fist on the kitchen table and yelled at her husband, I can t take it anymore;

Motherhood and homeschooling had overwhelmed her. The house was dirty, the laundry undone. Holly felt frustrated, discouraged, and alone. She couldn t find time to snuggle and have fun with her five children or to go out with her husband. Yes, she loved Philip and she did love God, but she had come to resent Philip s freedom and she almost never found time for prayer.

Today, everything s better. Holly still homeschools, but the house is cleaner, she gets more done, and the kids are happier. There s less stress, less strife, and less housework. Holly s been healed of past wounds that troubled her soul and her marriage. Best of all, she spends at least an hour each day in prayer and time each evening with Philip.

Holly brought about these changes with what she calls her Mother s Rule of Life, a pattern for living that combines the spiritual wisdom of the monastery with the practical wisdom of motherhood.

Holly s Rule is not just another set of schedules; it s a way for Christian mothers to answer God s call to holiness. With the help of your own Rule, you can get control of your own household, grow closer to God, come to love your husband more, and raise up good Christian children. In these wise and practical pages, Holly shows you how.

Do you want to be a better wife and mother? To have more order in your life? To grow in union with God? Are you desperate yet?

With your own Mother s Rule of Life, you ll transform motherhood and its burdens into the joyful vocation it


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Product Details

  • Paperback: 205 pages
  • Publisher: Sophia Institute Press (April 15, 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1928832415
  • ISBN-13: 978-1928832416
  • Product Dimensions: 0.6 x 5.5 x 8.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (49 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,656 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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I think every Catholic mother could benefit from reading this book. Kelly  |  14 reviewers made a similar statement
Holly Pierlot showed me a way to be able to make time for the basic Five P's of our lives. Tina Fisher  |  7 reviewers made a similar statement
This book has changed my life. bookloverinRI  |  9 reviewers made a similar statement
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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Bringing God's Order Home April 10, 2006
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Our God is a god of order. He brought order out of the soupy chaos, as chronicled in Genesis, and in order to fully embrace Him, we must do the same. This review is later than it should be because of the [fallen] response to a book outlining schedules, priorities, and order in the home. In the year 2000, Holly "pounded her fist on the kitchen table" and demanded a change in her life - resulting in this well-thought out and comprehensive book. Your reviewer was slower on the uptake, thinking a little chaos was healthy thing, until she finally hit the wall as well. The beautiful surprise is that surrendering to order is a victory for freedom.

Once the book is actually cracked and begun, the reader discovers a soul-mate in Holly - a good-hearted woman with oats to sow, with sins to confess, and an aversion to constraints. Like most mothers of orderly households, there is the breadth of humanness, from self-absorption to heroic generosity and everything in between. Most importantly, like any radical alteration, she had to really want to change.

For my children, I've defined maturity as "doing the right thing for the right reason." As I age, I've seen more and more that people often do the right thing for the wrong reasons. For example, it is entirely possible to see to your children's hygiene, your house's spotlessness, and your family's punctuality for the sake of human respect. We all succumb to considering "what others think of us" to some degree, and yet there is an inverse response - to flout convention for the sake of "not going with the crowd," or (especially with women) to be mired in a perpetual "passive-aggressive mode" with our own dear mothers.

The beauty of maturity is to face God as a grateful child and to ask Him, "What would You have me do - out of love for You and those who depend on me." As Holly's life disintegrated, she finally took it to prayer and came up with a set of priorities: God, herself, her husband, her children, and then other important things, such as work. I must confess, putting herself second on that list won me over. (It has been a sneaking suspicion of mine for decades that I am supposed to come last, and that has led me to constantly carve out for myself snippets of time and comfort, which made me feel both safe and enormously guilty.) What did she mean?

Putting herself second was practical step in acknowledging that she could not give of herself to her family and her work - both inside the home and outside - unless she were taken care of. Taking care of herself was not indulgent (shopping, pedicures, vacations, and idle gab-fests with the girls) but necessary (prayer, rest, down-time, and generally recharging the batteries). In that context, knowing that she is not to be the local doormat, a woman can face the calendar and ask what she genuinely needs. With herself taken care of, the rest comes tumbling after - without panic, oppression, or fear.

The days are just as full, the chores are just as pressing, and the children are just as needy. But there is comfort in knowing that in God's good time there is time for all. Be not afraid to consider a schedule. Mine will never be as detailed as Holly's - but at least there is one now, complete with firm bedtime and reserved reading hours. God separated the light from the dark, and on laundry days I do the same. But on the other days it just sits in the basket - and that's okay. All in due time.
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44 of 46 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Life Changing - A True Gift to Mothers! July 15, 2005
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This book has made a radical positive difference in my life. It has shown me how to order my life so that I am doing all the things I'm supposed to be doing, and doing them well. Mrs. Pierlot's perspective on the meaning of our lives as wives, mothers, and children of God was astounding - and it seems so obvious now that she's pointed it out to me, but it never occured to me on my own. She teaches us how to prioritize and truly value all that we do. My home has been a much happier, holier, and cleaner place since I read this book!

I think every Catholic mother could benefit from reading this book. Every Catholic mother could benefit from instituting her own "rule" of life. I wish I could afford to hand these out to every mom who walks in the door at Church!
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars Warning: Not for all moms April 8, 2008
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This book had some practical ideas that aren't very new. Such as having a schedule and such. But I had a hard time, as I was reading the book, believing that her ideas on a schedule were realistic with nursing babies and homeschooling. Certain personality types will struggle with this book, others will probably love it. I didn't feel very encouraged or excited or motivated by reading this book. I suppose it just wasn't written for my personality. I learned alot more and felt more encouraged by other books such as MOTH (Managers of their home) and Emily Barnes books. Good luck!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Wow
This book is much more than it leads on to be. It is a work of gigantic theological importance for all married people. Read more
Published 1 month ago by KeepItRealReviewer
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book!
This book is a fresh air that I needed to start my year off right with my family! I have already started with the chart and lists are being done by the end of week so we have more... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Melissa Patterson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good ideas for organizing busy moms
I am protestant and this book is really geared a little more for those of the Catholic faith, but the ideas in it are very helpful. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Lisa B
3.0 out of 5 stars Good philosphy, but feels stuck in the 1950s
I read this book with a women's church group. We liked the main ideas, the 5 "p" theory, and identified with the author's feelings. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Miranda
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for any Catholic Mother
This book changed my life. I found out how I had been rejecting my vocation, even though I thought I embraced it, in my heart that was not true. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Carolina
5.0 out of 5 stars Thank God I found this
This book was recommended by Wellness Mama. I am indebted to her for life. I'm only 1/3 of the way through the book and already feel such a kinship with the author. Read more
Published 9 months ago by Etak
2.0 out of 5 stars Seems like a good book but some ideas are twisted
I read this book twice, the first time I was a very active Catholic new mother struggling to keep up with my new baby and the life I used to have very dedicated to the Lord before... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Allison Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE this book!
I bought this book about four years ago and it is everything it should be and more! I recommend visiting the blog site for the actual book and purchase the e-workbook which is... Read more
Published 15 months ago by MelGem
1.0 out of 5 stars Not for Those Whose Authority on Truth is the Bible
I thought that I'd be able to look past the Catholic jargon of this book to gain practical advice in piecing together a schedule for my homeschool. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Homeschooling Mom
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I found this book to be very realistic, very personal. She has given me, if nothing else, a foundation for how to view my vocation as wife and mother, and most of all, child of... Read more
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