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When God Forgives our sins, He is as tender as a mother who approaches her beloved child and says: "Never mind, I shall soon wash those marks off your hands".

When God Forgives our sins, He is as tender as a mother who approaches her beloved child and says: "Never mind, I shall soon wash those marks off your hands".

Christ is first and last, yet always delights in the presence of the Blessed Virgin Mary at His side

As I showed Mary my most secret fears, she comforted me simply by leaning and kissing me

Christ's Holy Mother witnessed His sufferings; and all his dear body, now wounded, had come from her flesh.

Our Blessed Lady explained: "I am your Mother", and the mother of every person; Her love is not a special privilege but a fact.

Many persons travel together towards Heaven. Each earthly or spiritual Mother can usher wounded souls, to the place of rebirth and reconciliation.

When we guide and help someone in need we can be like a mother who leads, instructs and encourages a little child.

No-one was closer to Jesus than His Holy Mother Mary, the Blessed Virgin. He was immensely comforted in His Passion - even in the dungeon overnight - by the love which He experienced from His Mother, in spirit.

Just as a mother distracts a child with something 'good' before removing a dangerous object, so God gives good gifts to the Church through Radiant Light, and other new ecclesial movements, as a prelude to 'removing' poor catechesis, cowardly preaching, and other spiritual dangers very widespread today.

Mary was conceived Immaculate. By her behaviour and attitudes she was going to influence the Son of God. It was fitting that she was able to provide, by her holiness and purity, a fitting 'pattern' for her son, as He developed in His human nature - even as he remained the same Divine Person.

Christ comforts and reassures us, like a mother reassuring her children when they are worried or distressed.

The mother of a priest should recognise her part in the development of his vocation. First, she was grateful for the gift of a child, when so many mothers choose to refuse that gift and arranged for their tiny babies to be destroyed in the womb. And most mothers of priests have provided encouragement in the Catholic Faith, and an example of trust in God.

The mother of a priest should recognise her part in the development of his vocation. First, she was grateful for the gift of a child, when so many mothers choose to refuse that gift and arranged for their tiny babies to be destroyed in the womb. And most mothers of priests have provided encouragement in the Catholic Faith, and an example of trust in God.

Christ greeted me with His arms open wide in a loving gesture, showing His delight, on my child's birthday, that I have welcomed every child I have conceived, and have been grateful for God's gift of help.

Christ told me how much joy it gave Him to see me full of wonder at the gift of life, each time I was pregnant. Each time I celebrate the birthday of one of the children, I find that Christ shows me anew, in prayer, how He delights in my gratitude.

On the birthday of my younger son I saw Christ at the altar, His arms stretched out in prayer as He praised the Father for all the spouses who love one another and who welcome and love their children, and are grateful for the gift of life.

Christ longs - if it is possible for them - to see more mothers at home, looking after their children, cooking good meals for the family, and not handing them over to other people for meals and entertainment (unless this is absolutely necessary). A mother, more than anyone, can ensure a child is well-cared for.

Just as a kind mother rarely scolds a child if he is unwell, or worried about his school exams, so Christ is especially tender and helpful towards us when He sees us struggling to cope with special trials.

A mother gives joy to God when she loves and cares for her children. She has given joy to God if she was prepared to love those little ones she has 'lost' through miscarriage. Though they did not survive, they are miniature human beings, once given life by God.