One motherly lullaby

Henri de Lubac is a critical source for understanding the motherhood of the Church. Consider this nugget from The Splendor of the Church (Ignatius Press, pp. 57-58):

There may be something like an infinite variety of harmonics in the sound, but it is always the same "new song" learned from the same Mother after the "new birth:" How many souls made new today have loved the Lord Jesus...All the members of the "family of Christ" recognize one another and call to one another. This is the common ground for the illiterate and the philosopher; here there is no essential difference between the monk in his cloister and him who bears "the care of all the Churches,"  and the voice of the twentieth-century martyr in China becomes one with that of the second-century martyr in Syria. It is the Church's tradition that sustains this tremendous harmony and her operative power that directs it. Yet it is not the result of a sort of biological mimicry or of an agreement laboriously reached. The voice of the one Spirit, speaking to his Bride, finds and echo in the depths of each individual consciousness, and correspondingly, it is the same faith, hope and charity everywhere; the outward expression of a unity that goes down to the roots, and the blazing up of one single flame.

As icons of the bride, dear sisters, you are called to bear your torches in faith. You are not responsible for the world, but are simply called to shed the light of Christ in your small corner, praying for the unity at the heart of the Bridegroom. Peace.