A  Mother

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

"The experience of Motherhood ... " - Pope John Paul II