Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Suffering Motherhood

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The title of mother is the fruit of suffering; God has willed it so. The title of spiritual mother can be acquired only on Calvary by the side of Mary, Mother of all men.
To obtain the Grace of salvation for her children, a mother must then accept to suffer and to suffer alone with Jesus and Mary: blessed sufferings indeed, since they beget children of God and citizens of Heaven to the life of Grace. The greater is her suffering and the more devoid she is of all natural consolation, the more a mother should rejoice in Divine Charity; for that is the sign that the hour of victory is at hand.
Happy the mother who has the wisdom of the Cross, the virtue of Jesus Crucified; all the sweetness and power of it will be hers. Let her then practice love without ceasing; let her earnestly pray for it as the surest and sublimest Grace of perfection!

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