The Most Important Person

The following was shared by a new friend of mine. Thanks, Monica!

The Most Important Person
on earth is a mother. She
cannot claim the honor of
having built Notre Dame Cathedral.
She need not.
She has built something more magnificent
than any cathedral-a dwelling for an
immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's
body…The angels have not been blessed with such a
grace. They cannot share in God's creative miracle
to bring new saints to Heaven.
Only a human mother can. Mothers
are closer to God the Creator
than any other creature;
God joins forces with mothers
in performing this act of creation…
What on God's good earth is more glorious than this:
to be a mother?

-Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty

Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty's respect for Mothers was deep and abiding. He wrote one book on a Mother and had planned two more; however, his imprisonment by the Nazis and then the Communists prevented the completion of his work.