The Divine Tonus of Motherhood

I begin these lines by asking the Holy Mary, the Exalted Mother of Jesus—the Ecumenical Christ, the Divine Statesman—to bring the sublime comfort of her maternal spirit to human hearts. It is the universal shelter that makes the high concept of family shine, which is what should govern us. And may She protect the people of the Earth, leading them towards Peace.

Tela: Jean Mannheim (1862-1945)

Whether on Mother’s Day, on Women’s Day, or on any other day of the year, I want to greet women and pay my homage to them, because they are the ones who build the nation. Some of them, who do me the honor of reading these words, may argue: But I’m not a mother. You are not?! Every woman has within her the divine tonus of motherhood. How many do not have children and yet their Souls are filled with the love of dedicating themselves to help their fellow beings or even a cause like the Legion of Good Will? What is the LGW if not a great mother?

Mothers, families, and nations

No stable organization sustains itself and grows without stable, determined women, because they have learned to sublimate their most intimate sufferings, transforming them into meaningful achievements for the benefit of humanity, following the example of the Holy Mary.

Tela: Giovanni Sassoferrato (1609-1685)

   

Those who want to devalue the sense of family do not know what they are doing. The primitive clan was the first family nucleus. From it communities were formed and society emerged. How do we expect nations to be strong if we do not respect families?

José de Paiva Netto (1941-2025), a writer, journalist, radio broadcaster, educator, composer, poet, the President Emeritus and Consolidator of the Legion of Good Will, and Spiritual Leader of the Religion of God, of the Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. He was an effective member of the Brazilian Press Association (ABI) and the Brazilian International Press Association (ABI-Inter), a member of the National Federation of Journalists (FENAJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Union of Professional Journalists of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the Union of Writers of Rio de Janeiro, the Radio Broadcasters Union of Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Union of Composers (UBC), and the Academy of Letters of Central Brazil. He became an internationally recognized author in the defense of human rights and in his concepts of Ecumenical Citizenship and Ecumenical Spirituality, which, in his own words, represent “the cradle of the most generous values that are born of the Soul, the dwelling of emotions and of reasoning enlightened by intuition; the atmosphere that embraces everything that transcends the ordinary field of matter and comes from elevated human sensitivity, such as Truth, Justice, Mercy, Ethics, Honesty, Generosity, and Fraternal Love. In short, the mathematical constant that harmonizes the equation of spiritual, moral, mental, and human existence. Now, without the understanding that we exist on two planes―not only on the physical plane―it will be difficult to build a Society that is truly Ecumenical, Altruistic, and Solidary, since we would still be ignoring that the knowledge of Superior Spirituality elevates the character of creatures and, consequently, leads to the construction of the Planetary Citizenship.”