CHRISTIAN MOTHER

“A virtuous woman, who can find her? Her worth is far more than rubies… Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised” (Proverbs 31).

And what is the role of the Catholic mother?

“To bear children for heaven”

Cows have offspring, dogs and hares do too, but while these creatures of God raise children for the earth, the Christian mother must do so for heaven. Because before satisfying the body, one must think about satisfying the soul. Before thinking about what the children will wear, one must think about whether they are clothed in grace. That is why the role of the mother is fundamental, so much so that Our Lord lived without a father, but not without a mother.

“To bear children for heaven…” By practicing the virtues, above all;  Hence the Curé of Ars said that “virtues pass gently from mothers to children.”

From a mother, one learns one’s first prayer or one’s first insult.

From a mother, a child first learns to distinguish good from evil; hence the pernicious nature of that ideological current that says “no limits should be set,” “no corrections should be made,” “one should never raise a hand.”

“Do you have children? Train them up, bend their heads from their youth” (Sirach 7:23), for “an unbroken horse becomes unruly, and a spoiled child becomes rebellious” (Sirach 30:8).