What the Saints had to Say about Mothers

In honor of Mother's Day, here are some words from the Saints or other holy souls about the power and beauty of motherhood:

'The loveliest masterpiece of the heart of God is the heart of a mother."

-Saint Therese of Lisieux

"The most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honour of having built Notre Dame Cathedral...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..."

-József Cardinal Mindszenty

“Give me just one generation of Good Catholic Mothers, and I will change the world.”

-St. John Chrysostom

“Not only a woman’s days but her nights. Not only her mind, but her body must share in the calvary of motherhood. That is why women have a surer understanding of the doctrine of redemption than men have. They have to associate the risk of death with the life in childbirth and to understand the sacrifice of self to another through the many months preceding it.”

-Venerable Fulton Sheen

“Every mother is like Moses. She does not enter the promised land. She prepares a world she will not see.”

-Pope Paul VI

"For indeed a house is a little Church. This it is possible for us by becoming good husbands and wives, to surpass all others.”

-St. John Chrysostom