The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1910-12-17
CAlii" CATHOLIC MOTHER.

AlOl
, catholic wife, The Catholic
ln IL What hidden beauty in the
Tlo .5s what rhythm, what quiet sug-
ToI WORMS of all that is purest and best
ges.e,..oon7an noblest and fairest in ma
IN We speak of the mother, and
tul baart instinctively bows in rev.
eacn ,a If the mention of a word so
eIgn -l,. kin to God and heaven. But
he''''C catholic wife! The Catholic
Timer All, what words can portray
~ deep. mystic train of thought
uns III the echoes awaken, and which
VIZ WI through the mind softly, dreami-
:. ike the gentle passage of angels
wings. -;eo, r, C.,,.-
,,,other! No ordinary woman is she,
IlO. truIv bears these titles; no vain
.aIer after fashionable notoriety, no
- advocate of woman's supposed
Its no aggressive competitor in the
lt7nts and callings of men. She is the
lraen of home: that is her supreme
I'm hen, ideal sphere, where love is
ter throne, and the attendant minis
,ars Purity and Truth.
The catholic wife! The Catholic
,,orber! See how she moves through
How p
,loaring the imprint of the Madonna,
~ work that of the industrious Mar
.bo her love and devotion that of the
sgifbfuI Mary! In these busy, rushing
Lows when so many women seek out
Sida of the love of husband and home
md children the happiness that is
univ To be found therein, she reminds
ore of some pictured dream of the
,l5en master snatched from the can
Tas of the bygone ages of faith and
,.ihrant with the life and truth of
,bat impressive era. She speaks, and
whether in the sanctity of the home
circle or in the busy throng, so soft, so
Gentle is her tone, and yet so COM
handful of respect and attention, that
though others speak loudest you hear
her alone.
Cultured, gracious, intelligent, re-
fined. she is thoroughly conversant
with the leading topics of the day,
with which she becomes acquainted, !
not for the sake of argumentative dis
course or merely for the distinction of
being styled a brilliant, up-to-date
woman, but rather that she may be
the fitting companion of her husband. |
the pleasing, intelligent confidant of |
her children, the wise and earnest di- |
rector of their spiritual, moral, intel !
lectual and even commercial aspira- |
tons and ambitions.
Virtues radiate about her like bright |
rays from a beacon star. Within her
heart bloom the fairest flowers of |
modest worth; the violet and the rose |
are there, the crysanthemum and the |
lily, and the amaranthine blossoms |
that bloom in Gods own gardens shed |
not a sweeter fragrance than do these |
heavenly eXOtics in the heart of this |
true woman. AT her side men grow |
nObler and purer, girls truer, children
happier.
The weak and the gentle, the ribald
and rude,
She takes as she finds them and does
them all good;
None kneel at her feet as adorers in
thrall,
They kneel more to God than they
used-that is all.''
Thus Illustrating by her own life the
highest and truest principles and pre-
cepts Of Catholic faith, the home of
the Catholic life and mother is a CEN
ter Of Christian unity and charity and
grace, to which, even in the most abb
sOrbing pursuits, children and husband
Turn Win q nOly homage and reVer-
ence and know that there they will
find truth, peace, consolation, love
and happiness.
I have known one whose energies
commanding
Reused the deep echoes of the human
breast
The Establishments of wealth and
world withstanding.
Fhnr no sr-1,+
less and distressed
And by his side there moved form
Of beauty
StreWing sweet flowers along his ,
path Of life,
md looking up with meek and love-
lent duty:
Men called her Angel but he called !
her Wife,"
MORNING Ctor ,