Mother to Mother

Spiritual and Practical Wisdom from the Cloister to the Home

By: Mary Cuff

Narrated by: Melissa Elson

The unique ability of women to be mothers is a most precious gift. Whether a woman’s vocation is to be a mother in the context of married life or the spiritual motherhood of religious life, both vocations have Our Lady as their source and inspiration. This similar calling to model the motherhood of the Blessed Mother suggests that lay mothers and religious nuns can benefit from each other’s wisdom and experiences. Mother to Mother introduces moms to contemplative nuns who have offered their insight on the common struggles of motherhood.

Through a series of questions and answers, these nuns from various orders take wisdom from their cloisters and offer it to mothers in the domestic Church. This includes advice on finding and utilizing silence, how to increase charity towards other mothers, and how to keep our children (and ourselves) engaged in the Mass, and more. Mother to Mother serves as a meditation upon the vocation of motherhood as both lay and religious mothers strive to be models of the Mother of God.

©2024 Mary Elizabeth Cuff (P)2024 TAN Books

Charming & Inspirational

I didn't expect to enjoy this book as much as I did. It was an impulse buy because I liked the cover and needed inspiration in my life. The parallels pulled from religious life and motherhood were eye-opening, things I had not thought of before. It inspired me to approach motherhood with more intention, placing all my trust in Him as a religious sister does. The intro says that this is a book you would read a little bit each day, but I enjoyed listening all the way through, it was like sitting with a hot cup of coffee and chatting with a nun : )