St. Robert Bellarmine differentiates Catholics who pursue virtue as living members of the Church, and those who do not as the wicked Catholics. The wicked “are like hairs or fingernails or diseased fluids in the human body”. The irony is that they believe they are saved from hell by meeting all their Church obligations…
Without the mother’s fiat there would be no fatherhood, so in that respect Mother’s day is a celebration of family!
Through mass, the Ignatian Examen and mental prayer, our understanding of our relationship with God continues to develop and transform
Just some thoughts to maintain in the stillness of this silent day, when all of creation is in quiet. Particularly poignant for our year of St. Joseph: “When embrace was done, Old Joseph said, “How is your Mother, How is your Mother, Son?”
In true Hope, we walk with Jesus helping to carry His cross and knowing that it is only through Him that we may one day bask in the light of God’s face. Every small suffering, frustration or regret is opportunity for relationship with Him.