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Fr. Paul Robinson discusses the significance of honoring Holy Mother Church alongside physical and spiritual mothers.

Two weeks ago, we celebrated Mothers’ Day in order to honor our physical mothers, who brought us into this world and nourished and took care of us when we were children. During the whole of this month of May, we honor our spiritual mother, Mary, Our Lady, who takes care of all our spiritual needs as mediatrix of all the graces we receive. With today’s great feast of Pentecost, we honor yet a third mother, we have yet another Mother’s Day in the month of May. The mother we honor today is Holy Mother Church. The Church is our mother because she is the bride of Our Lord Jesus Christ and is so united with Christ that we say she is His Mystical Body. They are, as it were, two in one flesh. United together, Our Lord and His bride bring forth children unto eternal life. They do this by governing, teaching and sanctifying their children, that is, Catholics. We are born into new life by baptism, we are healed by confession and we are nourished by the Holy Eucharist. Our Mother the Church does all these things for us. Today’s feast is like the birthday of our mother the Church. While Our Lord is the head of the Church, the Holy Ghost is her soul. He descended upon the Apostles today and…

People in this episode

Host: Fr. Paul Robinson

Topics covered

• Mother Church
• spiritual motherhood
• Pentecost
• Catholic teachings
• sacraments
• spiritual needs

Keywords

• Mother Church
• Pentecost
• sacraments
• spiritual motherhood
• Catholic faith
• Fr. Paul Robinson

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Holy Mother Church

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