Mothers are trusted by God.

because souls are entrusted in their care.

To realize this is to realize the crucial role that mothers play in the lives of their children.

She has great influence over them,

which is why mothers need to exercise wisdom and righteousness throughout the days of her life.

The role of the Mother in the Family.

She is the “sun” because her self-sacrificing generosity is ever operative in diffusing love.

Her affectionate and provident attentions are consistently and delicately attuned to bring cheer to her husband and children.

In this way, she “diffuses light and warmth about herself. And if then it is said that a marriage is successful, when each of the spouses upon contracting it, contemplates not his own happiness but that of the other party, this noble feeling and intention, even though the concern of both, is nevertheless mainly that of the woman, born as she is with the instinct of a mother and the wisdom of the heart; that wisdom which, if pained, desires to return only joy and if humiliated, wants to return only dignity and respect, like the sun that cheers the cloudy morning with its light and gilds the clouds with rays at its settings”