But our fellowship with God in Jesus Christ is greater than any human society. The voices of Hannah and St. Mary really are louder than the voices of those who deny the greatness of motherhood and the dignity of that vocation. Hannah and Mary speak across the ages to declare the awesome authority and responsibility that come with God's gift of motherhood, and they speak of the immense graces that God also offers to sustain the women who receive this calling. We should thank God for our mothers today, and we should love them. But we should also respect them and honor them, as God's commandment teaches, for the high office that they hold in the kingdom of God.
Every revolution is against something.
When we finally offer all faithful mothers the honor they deserve as women chosen for God's holiest purposes, the giving of life in this world and of eternal life in the world to come, we will begin to quell that rebellion and return to peace with God and one another. And we will rejoice with Hannah and Mary in God's salvation. If you wish to use them for some other purpose or republish them, please credit St. Andrew's Church and Dr. Tarsitano.