Saint Anne: A Good Homemaker

If we ever begin to doubt that homemaking is something that can help the world, we need only think of Saint Anne.  Personally, I have a great love for Saint Anne because she is my patron saint, but she is officially the patron saint of mothers, housewives, pregnant women, and women in labor.

Saint Anne is the mother of Mary, the mother of Christ. Saint Anne is the mother of our Blessed Mother Mary. Saint Anne is the grandmother of Jesus Christ. (I am saying all of this to emphasize her closeness to the Holy Family.) It is because of Saint Anne, her work as a homemaker and the way that she raised Mary, that Mary is who she is.  Holy Mother Mary, the one woman in All of history in All of the world, that God chose to be the mother of His son. This Very special woman was raised by Anne—and Joachim of course but I am just talking about Anne now.

What if Anne had chosen not to do this task? What if she had decided that being a homemaker was not important enough but rather she wanted to focus on something other than her home so as to “make a difference in the world”? Now we can never mess up God’s plans, but I still ask, what if?  When Anne was holding Mary as an infant, she didn’t know the plans that God had for her or about the baby the Mary would one day give birth to.  We never know how our actions may affect the world, all that we can do is trust in God and do this task that He has given us to the best of our ability.  

We call upon you, dear St. Anne, for help in bringing up our family in good and godly ways. Teach us to trust God our Father as we rear the precious heritage entrusted to us. May His will prevail in our lives and His providence defend us. These blessings we ask for all families in our neighborhood, our country, and our world. Amen.