Wednesday, September 15, 2010

Motherhood and Cathedrals


A mother is the most important person on earth. 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. 
                 – Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty

    

2 comments:

  1. '... dixit illi "beatus venter qui te portavit et ubera quae suxisti", at ille dixit "quippini beati qui audiunt verbum Dei et custodiunt"'

    And, of course, both describe Our Lady of Sorrows.

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