Sunday, May 14, 2006

Fourth Sunday after Easter (Mother's Day) J.M.J.

THE MOST IMPORTANT PERSON ON EARTH

"THE most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral - a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's body.

"The angels have not been blessed with such a grace. They cannot share in God's creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven. Only a human mother can. Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature; God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation. What on God's good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?

--Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty

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