Oh, Dearest Mother, Sweetest Virgin of Altagracia, our Patroness. You are our Advocate and to you we recommend our needs. You are our Teacher and like disciples we come to learn from the example of your holy life. You are our Mother, and like children, we come to offer you all of the love of our hearts. Receive, dearest Mother, our offerings and listen attentively to our supplications. Amen.



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Posted: March 20 2007 at 3:38am | IP Logged Quote Jeanna

I love this quote!

The most important person on earth is a mother. She can not claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral – a dwelling place 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 human creature. God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation…what on God’s earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother

-Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty


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Posted: March 20 2007 at 6:19am | IP Logged Quote LLMom

Jeanna wrote:

-Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty


I love it too! Has anyone read anything about this marvelous,brave Cardinal? My son is doing 7th grade Seton this year and just read about him in history. Very amazing.

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Posted: March 20 2007 at 8:14am | IP Logged Quote Matilda

There is a yearly conference in the Dallas area called the Mindszenty Conference. They also put out a monthly newsletter called the Mindszenty Report. Here is a link to their website.

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Posted: March 20 2007 at 8:17am | IP Logged Quote JennGM

That's one of my favorite quotes. He wrote a whole book called "The Mother", which the chapters can be found here at Catholic Culture. Unfortunately they are not in numerical order. If someone knows what order they should be, drop me a line and I'll add chapter numbers to make it easier.

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Posted: March 20 2007 at 11:18am | IP Logged Quote stefoodie

Wow, that's beautiful. Thanks for sharing, Cay. I think I'll use that on a homemade card for my mom on Mother's day. I'll have to find that book, Jenn!

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