God’s closest ally

The Mother, like the priest, is God’s closest ally. The Virgin Mary is the most magnificent image of maternal love, as well as of God’s wonderful love for men.

In the Bull Ineffabilis Deus (December 8, 1854), Pope Pius IX exhorted the faithful to put themselves under her protection and guidance: "Let all the children of the Catholic Church, who are so very dear to us, hear these words of ours. With a still more ardent zeal for piety, religion and love, let them continue to venerate, invoke and pray to the most Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, conceived without original sin. Let them fly with utter confidence to this most sweet Mother of mercy and grace in all dangers, difficulties, needs, doubts and fears.”

The upheavals that have taken place in society in recent years have made maternity a particularly sensitive topic... The solid foundation of societies depends on the respect given to mothers. "The further away humanity is from God, the more difficult it becomes for people to understand and appreciate the personal contribution of the woman... Women must see a high mark of distinction in the fact that God appeared in the arms of a mother, and that he led his life as God made man next to his mother, until the very end."

Cardinal Joseph Mindszenty (1892-1975), Primate of Hungary

Excerpt from La Mère, miroir de Dieu (The Mother, Mirror of God), Editions Parthenon