Author Topic: Happy Mothers Day...!! (Read 1005 times)

alaric · « **on:** May 12, 2013, 09:44:57 AM »

To all you moms out there and thank you for protecting and preserving the most precious gift that our God has to offer.....human life.

So from me to all of you in the spirit of our own BVM. Mother to us all, I would like to wish all of you a wonderful and safe Mother's Day this day.

God bless the mother, anchor and safeguard of the family.

Mater Dei Ora Pro Nobis!

alaric · « **Reply #1 on:** May 12, 2013, 09:55:58 AM »

Decent Catholic article on Motherhood here;

http://www.revolutionoflove.com/mamas/articles/motherhood/motherhood_gwen.html

The Vocation of Motherhood Is A Call to Sanctity
by Gwen
The vocation of motherhood is a call to sanctity just as a vocation to the priesthood or religious life is. While it is true as St. Paul says, the married person does not have a heart reserved for singular devotion to God, caring for husband and children is in itself a path to holiness. The number of saints who were mothers is too many to enumerate. However, the fact that the Blessed Mother lived and sanctified this vocation is enough to demonstrate its greatness.
Motherhood is neither a right nor a decision. Rather it is a gift bestowed by the Author of Life on those whom He chooses to bless. This is something all too often forgotten in our era of science, technology and planning of parenthood. Motherhood is certainly not a vocation without trials, tribulation or suffering. This is evident to every mother from the very beginning in the sacrifice of her body that she makes during pregnancy and the agony of childbirth. Yet, this suffering pales in comparison to the joy a new child brings. (Or at least shrinks a little once it is past!) In a like manner, the vocation of motherhood offers a uniquely designed road to sanctification beset with roses and thorns along the way. However the glory and happiness offered at the end of the journey far outweighs the difficulties of the path.

As Catholic mothers, we are called to witness to the world how the vocation of motherhood is a gift. We are called to a paradoxical life which the world does not understand. It is through humility, sacrifice, and the complete emptying out of oneself that true greatness is found. Motherhood is not a vocation of awards and recognition. It is often a hidden life, with only God truly knowing and appreciating all the love and work that goes into each day. The very nature of motherhood develops the virtue of humility by the constant requirement to put needs of others first. (There are few things in life more humbling than changing another's diaper!) In reality, by her example, love, and constant giving, a mother is helping God form the character of a new soul. She is raising a new saint for Heaven.

Jesus says "Whatever you do for the least of my brethren, you do unto me." Every mother needs to recall from time to time that in the constant demand to meet the needs of her family, she is fulfilling this service to Jesus Himself. She must also remember to take time for herself. For if she gives without ever being replenished, the ultimate end is burnout. A mother needs some quiet time for herself every day for spiritual reflection, pursuing her own interests, emotional recharging, or simply for peace and quiet! Taking time to be grateful and allowing her husband and children to give back to her is the source of a mother's seemingly tireless bounty of love.
Another method in which the Lord calls us to holiness though motherhood is the special way in which we can come to know Him as only parents can. In knowing Him more deeply we may love Him more completely. By allowing us to participate with Him in creation, we begin to understand the paternity of God in a very small and veiled manner. By our own experience as parents, we can come to understand the love of God in an entirely new fashion. Most of us find it difficult to imagine a love more powerful than the love of a parent for child. Yet this love dissipates when compared to the love which God has for each and every one of us. In our dealings with our own children, we are reminded that we are in fact the children of God. As such, sometimes we are disciplined, asked to do thing we don't understand, and don't get immediate gratification of all our desires. From a child's perspective we may feel God is unfair or unjust, but when we reflect upon our own role as parents, we can glimpse that everything Our Lord decides for us is decided with love and our own best interest in mind. Parents have the ability to grasp this concept greater than anyone else.

God ordained a mission for each of us and mapped out the path for us to fulfill it from all eternity. He knew us before we existed and as the bible so tenderly puts it, "knit" us in our mother's womb. The path He designed for each of our sanctifications is different from that which He devised for anyone else. In conclusion, though a mother may not have the time or ability to spend endless hours in contemplative union with God, she need not feel that she is incapable of achieving greatness in the eyes of Our Lord. Rather, Our Lord is capable of achieving greatness in her, especially in the ordinariness of her life. This is the secret of St. Therese - not finding holiness in accomplishing monumental feats, but finding monumental holiness in the love attached to the simplest and smallest incidences of life. In this may every mother find true joy in her vocation.

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Neil Obstat · « **Reply #2 on:** May 12, 2013, 10:01:21 AM »

Happy Mother's Day to MaterDominici and all the mothers of CathInfo!!

Stubborn · « **Reply #3 on:** May 12, 2013, 11:30:22 AM »

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers of CathInfo and especially this day to the mother of us all, Our most beautiful Blessed mother - may she ever help and guide us all, especially on this day, all the mothers who are striving to persevere for themselves and their children during this mess!!

ServusSpiritusSancti · « **Reply #4 on:** May 12, 2013, 11:45:54 AM »

Happy Mother's Day to all of CatholicInfo's Mothers. May God Bless you all!

Matthew · « **Reply #5 on:** May 12, 2013, 02:28:58 PM »

I'm sure many of you found that picture to be familiar...

Matthew · « **Reply #6 on:** May 12, 2013, 02:32:43 PM »

That's been her avatar for some time -- that wonderful avatar that actually INVITES confusion as to the meaning of her screen name.

(MaterDominici = Mother of Dominic or Mother of that which/he who belongs to the Lord)

That's why the Spanish version of Dominic (Domingo) is also the name for Sunday -- or The Lord's (day)

Mother of the Lord would be MaterDomini
Mother of God would be MaterDei

Just wanted to throw that out there again, since there's been some confusion in the past :)

Neil Obstat · « **Reply #7 on:** May 12, 2013, 04:30:37 PM »

Quote from: Matthew

That's been her avatar for some time -- that wonderful avatar that actually INVITES confusion as to the meaning of her screen name.

(MaterDominici = Mother of Dominic or Mother of that which/he who belongs to the Lord)

That's why the Spanish version of Dominic (Domingo) is also the name for Sunday -- or The Lord's (day)

Mother of the Lord would be MaterDomini
Mother of God would be MaterDei

Just wanted to throw that out there again, since there's been some confusion in the past :)

That's all well and good, Matthew, but what I'd like to know is why
are there only 4 little blue bulbs above the word "Reputation" in
your previous post, instead of all 5? :guitar:

alaric · « **Reply #8 on:** May 12, 2013, 04:35:46 PM »

Matthew, I totally forgot that was Mater's avatar, I simply picked out a random image that I thought was a nice caption for motherhood.

I can't believe I subconsciously picked out her pic by chance, simply amazing!

I actually was going to post another iconic image since I'm a big admirer of iconagraphy. but for some reason (now I know) I chose what I did.

Here's one anyway;

Sigismund · « **Reply #9 on:** May 12, 2013, 05:44:15 PM »

Happy Mother's Day!

:baby:

Matthew · « **Reply #10 on:** May 12, 2013, 06:27:39 PM »

One of the blogs my wife follows posted about Mothers' Day, and they ALSO picked her avatar image. Apparently it's the quintessential Mothers' Day Marian image.

Matthew · « **Reply #11 on:** May 12, 2013, 06:29:16 PM »

Quote from: Neil Obstat

Quote from: Matthew
That's been her avatar for some time -- that wonderful avatar that actually INVITES confusion as to the meaning of her screen name.

(MaterDominici = Mother of Dominic or Mother of that which/he who belongs to the Lord)

That's why the Spanish version of Dominic (Domingo) is also the name for Sunday -- or The Lord's (day)

Mother of the Lord would be MaterDomini
Mother of God would be MaterDei

Just wanted to throw that out there again, since there's been some confusion in the past :)

That's all well and good, Matthew, but what I'd like to know is why
are there only 4 little blue bulbs above the word "Reputation" in
your previous post, instead of all 5? :guitar:

Those "bubbles" don't mean much; merely how many times you've posted

1-250 = 1 bubble
250-1000 = 2
etc.

That's why I took away that text that went with it "Level 1", "Level 2"

What's more important is the Reputation, or quality/popularity among trad Catholics of one's posts.