Cardinal Mindszenty's Message on Motherhood

Cardinal Mindszenty's message on a mother is:

The Most Important Person on earth is a mother.

She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral.

She need not.

She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral-

a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's body…

The angels have not been blessed with such a grace.

They cannot share in God's creative miracle to bring new saints to Heaven.

Only a human mother can.

Mothers are closer to God the Creator than any other creature;

God joins forces with mothers in performing this act of creation…

What on God's good earth is more glorious than this: to be a mother?

~ Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty ~

Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty's respect for Mothers was deep and abiding. He wrote one book on a Mother and had planned two more; however, his imprisonment by the Nazis and then the Communists prevented the completion of his work.

~ From the Cardinal Mindszenty Foundation ~

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The Marvel of an Unborn Human Baby in the Womb at 7 Months Gestation

See Unborn Baby in the Womb Suck Its Thumb 10 Weeks After Conception

•The 9-week fetus can grasp an object, move the head forward and back, open and close the jaw, move the tongue, sigh, and stretch.

•By 9 weeks after fertilization, nerve receptors in the face, the palms of the hands, and the soles of the feet can sense light touch.

•Between 9 and 10 weeks body weight increases by over 75%.

See an Unborn Baby in the Womb at 8 Weeks Gestation

•Electrical activity of the embryo's heart recorded at 7 1/2 weeks reveals a wave pattern similar to the adult's.

•By 7 1/2 weeks fingers are separate and toes are joined only at the bases.

•The 8-week embryo possesses more than 90% of the structures found in adults.

~ From the Endowment for Human Development fact sheet ~

Remarkable Development of Unborn Child at 5 Weeks Gestation

•The embryo begins to make spontaneous and reflexive movements 5 1/2 to 6 weeks after fertilization. Prenatal movement is necessary to promote normal bone and neuromuscular development.

Watch Heartbeat of Unborn Baby at 4 Weeks Gestation

The heart begins beating 3 weeks and one day following fertilization.

Between 3 and 4 weeks, the body plan emerges as the brain, spinal cord, and heart of the embryo are easily identified alongside the yolk sac.

~ From fact sheet ~

Human Souls Created by God Will Live Forever

"...is it surprising that today we have become so morally blind (for wickedness blinds) that we save the baby whales at great cost, and murder millions of unborn children?"

"One thing is certain: When the time has come, nothing which is man-made will subsist. One day, all human accomplishments will be reduced to a pile of ashes. But every single child to whom a woman has given birth will live forever, for he has been given an immortal soul made to God's image and likeness."

~ Alice von Hidebrand, The Privilege of Being a Woman ~