Mothers and the Upbringing of Children - St. Nektarios of Aegina

[@silvina9715]

How wondrous wisdom!!! I'm a mother of 5 children so I can without doubt with joy for the goods and sadness for my falls and errors that it's absolutely the truth that all people , of course in the first place we,mothers, have to know , meditate and practice 🙏🕯️💖

[@amichelle6560]

Saint Nektarios, intercede for us mothers!

[@juniorgallo8786]

What a beautiful homily! Theotokos,, intercede for all young girls and protect them so that we can always have blessed Christian mothers.

[@Alxis8]

St. Nektarios pray for us ☦️❤

[@Orthodoxi]

The heartbreak over not truly knowing this can never end for me for now. Nor the results. But secretly our Lord covered my gaps. Even then. Before i could know. And He is yet helping me trample the results. Drying my tears as they fall. Ever falling. Trampling what we may. Glory to thee O God! Glory to thee! Christ is risen.

[@kkonrad4165]

Lord, have mercy on us and our loved ones 🕯☦🕯

[@sharpfamily4938]

Lord help us, mothers. I weep in my heart over how.unworthy i am to guide the precious gifts God has entrusted me with!

[@sharpfamily4938]

Saint Nektarios, interceed to God that I might do well by my children! Bringing them up in the right ways of Christ's love!

[@ellemnop123]

"The God of my Heart is the God of my Mother's Heart"

[@thepicnik_]

So so so beautiful, I love St. Nektarios so much! ❤☦

[@NoOneInParticular94]

As the poem/saying goes: "For the hand that rocks the cradle is the hand that rules the world."

[@SurelyLord]

Written 1895; as crystal clear as if it was written last week. I'll be a First time grandmother by end of 2024. Thrilled but I live many states away 💔😢 I'd love to live closer if God's will. Please say a pray for us. Thank you.

[@lisaconnor4948]

Amen!☦🙏🕯

[@coiasirathebard7774]

Are some children more strong-willed than others? God help me. Mother Mary please pray for patience.

[@Tomswifebobbi]

Some of us are more sensitive, so it's imperative that mothers treat the sensitive children with immense compassion, gentleness and patience. One child may not be as sensitive, so the mother may find them easier or more enjoyable, and then treat the more sensitive one differently. Some mothers even blame everything on the sensitive one, saying "you were just born bad" No. Actually, the sensitive one is like a mirror for the parent. Some parents will love enough to look into the mirror, others will shatter it. May you be the one who looks. With love in Christ 🌹

[@coiasirathebard7774]

@@Tomswifebobbi Thank you. I feel like I have already failed but we were not Orthodox with the first child. We have all been baptized now but are working to correct much of the road we laid early on. Certainly observing my mirror.

[@natashakairinos5086]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 😊😊

[@Thanostsatoumas]

❤️☦️🙏

[@michealgabriel6561]

That is the antidote of wokism and the societal calamities we are experienced today.