Sunday, May 8, 2005
"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
