Motherhood

"Why is it that children, when they have a grief, will run to the mother rather than to the father? It is because the mother knows trouble better than the father; she has companioned more with pain, has more often passed through its cycles, and in giving birth has gone down to the very edge of death...Not only a woman's days, but her nights--not only her mind, but her body must share in the Calvary of motherhood. That is why women have a surer understanding of the doctrine of redemption than men have; they have come to associate the risk of death with life in childbirth, and to understand the sacrifice of self to another through the many months preceding it...Bishop Fulton J. Sheen


Motherhood is in simple words a married woman's participation and openess to the will of God. We take what He sends, when He sends it. We know that all life is precious and that to be a Godly woman we must be open to life at all times. We believe that He will not give us more than we can handle. And then we do all things for His glory and for love of Him. Everything is done to make us more holy from how we birth, diaper, and feed our infants to how we discipline the toddlers. We know that motherhood is a life long vocation that never ends. We will still be praying for our children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren long after we have departed this earth. With the Blessed Mother we echo her words "God who is mighty has done great things for me!"