Thank you, women who are mothers! You have sheltered human beings within yourselves in a unique
experience of joy and travail. This
experience makes you become God’s own smile upon the newborn child, the one who
guides your child’s first steps, who helps it to grow, and who is the anchor as
the child makes its way along the journey of life.
--Letter of Pope
John Paul to Women, 1995
Happy Mother’s Day
to all who bless our lives as mothers!
Image source: Notre-Dame du Sourire / Our Lady of the Smile,
ca. 1250. Eglise St. German-des-Prés,
Paris. This statue, rediscovered in the early 21st century, was mostly likely abandoned by the artist in mid-creation due
to a fissure in the marble. But her beautiful smile as she gazes down upon her child remains…
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