What did Fr. Dan Scheidt share this week?

St. Gianna Molla was a wonderful friend, mother, spouse, and saint of the church in which she was a sign of contradiction. A contradiction of love in a world that spends 97% of their life indoors, she loved to climb the mountains for God just as much as she enjoyed skiing down them. A contradiction of love in a world that longs for fame and attention, she spent secret hours taking care of the sick. Most of whom came to visit her surprised husband after her death. A sign of contradiction of love in a world running and chasing after the ability to preserve their own lives, Gianna gave hers away in sacrificial love for her own baby daughter. Such a life of love goes beyond the fear of death into a supernatural life, with love letters from her husband and an eternity to repeat her lasts words, "Jesus, I love you."

Reflect

Mothers sacrifice so much for us on a daily basis because they are filled with such tender love. It is a mother's care and look of love that can draw our hearts out of our own selfish concerns into the place of true charity. What would the world do without mothers? Thank God for giving the world such women with the capacity to love and be loved.

Act

Thank God for both your natural and supernatural mother by offering a couple Hail Mary prayers for the women in your life.