Catholic Mom Audio Digest

Catholic Mom Audio Digest

Enjoy CatholicMom.com content anytime, anywhere with the Catholic Mom Audio Digest—a 5-minute minicast offering encouragement for moms and families. Get inspired with reflections, tips, and stories to support your faith and family life. Stay connected with our community and deepen your spiritual journey every week.

Episodes

December 31, 2025 4 mins

Maria Riley offers five options for slowing down and being more present in the new year.

Resolve to Do Less

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Emily Jerger reflects on how motherhood helps her meditate on God’s love. 

The Mystery of God's Love Revealed at Christmas

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December 24, 2025 3 mins

Reflecting on family traditions, Jake Frost hopes that the heritage left by past generations will continue to bring joy to his kids as they make their own ways in life.

A Family Like Rumblebuffin's

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Kate Taliaferro considers two important aspects of Advent as the final days of the season come to a close. 

Reality and Relationships: What I Learned This Advent

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Caroline Godin reminds us that while seasonal traditions may change, the most important reason for the season never does. 

Celebrating Christmas the Same, But Different

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December 17, 2025 4 mins

Helen Syski’s family tries a new experiment to keep the true gift in Christmas. 

A Gift Freely Given: Why We Have No Christmas Lists This Year

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December 15, 2025 4 mins

Ivonne J. Hernandez explores how faith and language reveal God’s presence in every moment of time. 

A Moment in Time

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December 12, 2025 3 mins

Louisa Ikena reflects on keeping our focus on Love instead of distraction, and she explores finding a glimpse of heaven on earth. 

Focusing on Love

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December 10, 2025 4 mins

Kristina Talbot reflects on entering the season of Advent amid our weariness.

A Different Kind of Waiting

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December 8, 2025 5 mins

Amanda Woodiel reflects on entering into uncomfortable spaces as a way to embody the call to unity expressed in the Incarnation. 

Uncomfortable Spaces

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December 5, 2025 4 mins

Elaine Sinnott challenges families to create true stillness in their homes this Advent season.

Advent, the Family, and Kids' Sports

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December 3, 2025 5 mins

MaryBeth Eberhard ponders the struggle to be the mother God calls her to be, rather than the one she thinks she wants to be.

The Tug-of-War within Motherhood

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Samantha Stephenson reflects on the paradoxical value of giving when it’s hardest.

A Humble Gift: Bringing Our Children to Jesus

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November 28, 2025 4 mins

Lindsey Mitzel considers how her children remind her of her love for her husband, and how that is similar to the way we image God to the world. 

We Are God's Image in the World

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November 21, 2025 5 mins

Danielle Heckenkamp contemplates the quiet servitude of motherhood and how the greatest treasure on earth is in raising souls in virtue.

The Quiet Vocation of Motherhood and God's Greatest Gift

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November 19, 2025 3 mins

Jena Muhr writes about noticing moments of peace and sharing that peace with others in our lives.  

Moments of Peace

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November 14, 2025 2 mins

Jake Frost looks back on his children's younger years, pondering what he misses now that they're growing up.

The Plans I had When They Were Small

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November 12, 2025 3 mins

Thanksgiving traditions offer an annual attitude re-set for Leigh Ann Roman. What Thanksgiving traditions does your family treasure? 

Reclaiming Gratitude

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November 10, 2025 5 mins

Laura Vazquez Santos shows how cultivating thanksgiving as a form of prayer can anchor a mother’s heart in peace and deepen family faith.

Gratitude in the Chaos: finding Thanksgiving in Every Season of Motherhood

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November 7, 2025 3 mins

Margaret Rash encourages praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory as a family all year long. 

Praying for the Sould All Year

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