Motherhood’s gift of new beginnings BY JESSICA ROHR
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she receives a gift that brings out her greatest strengths and causes the greatest joy. For Corpus Christi mothers Jenny Hurt, Mariana Cady, and Victoria Velasquez-Feikles, all of this is true. With the help of friends, their spouses, and God, these women pour themselves into their maternal roles daily. That is something philosopher Alice von Hildebrand says is more valuable in God’s sight than “conquering the world or flying to the moon.”
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enerable Fulton J. Sheen once described a mother as “God’s great cooperator.” With her whole being, she actively participates in God’s creative nature by carrying and raising children. Through her willingness to sacrifice and her openness to life, she brings flesh into the world, which the Lord infuses with an eternal soul. For the woman herself, when she becomes a mother,
Marianna Cady embraces her 3 year old son Henry. She and her husband Andrew are parents to Henry and 1-year-old George. 24
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