Motherhood, an Awesome Gift from God

Today our nation takes an opportunity to celebrate our mothers.  A mother shares in the creative work of God.  God infuses into us, in the womb of our mother, our soul.  The two, God and our mother, are sharing in creation.  They are renewing the face of the earth, providing for new growth, a new generation of people who are created to glorify God. 

Today as we meditate upon this mystery of life we consider our first mother, Eve.  We consider our spiritual mother, the Blessed Virgin Mary.  We consider the Church, Mater and Magister (Mother and Teacher).  And we consider the most beautiful woman in our lives, our own mother, the one who gave us life, the one who taught us to love.  Our mothers, out of love for us, have brought us to the baptismal font so that we can get to Heaven.  They go before us to prepare a place for us so that where they are, we also may be.  Thanks be to God for moms.  They are the ones who teach us the love of God in human form.