From the Psalms we read "Behold, sons are a gift from the Lord; the fruit of the womb is a reward." (Psalm 127:3)
Parents are given the incredible opportunity to assist God in the creation of an immortal soul. As the late Cardinal Mindszenty said, even the angels have not been given such a grace.
"The most important person on earth is a mother. She cannot claim the honor of having built Notre Dame Cathedral. She need not. She has built something more magnificent than any cathedral-a dwelling for an immortal soul, the tiny perfection of her baby's body...Even the angels have not been given such a grace! What is more glorious than this-to be a mother."
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
There is no joy like the joy of welcoming another child into your life. You will marvel anew at how perfectly formed your little one is, and over how quickly you will fall head over heels in love with him. You will be enchanted with every tiny aspect of her appearance. The color of her hair, the shape of her nose, and the winsomeness of her smile will occasion endless happy debates about from which side of the family (yours, ofcourse) she got that adorable trait.
The birth of a child will bind you to God more tightly than ever before, in awe and gratitude.
I thought that one dayI would be a famous artist and create great works of art Instead, God made me a mother,and my children are His masterpiece. The design of their lives will live on after me. What is painted on their hearts will last an eternity. Anonymous
For those who marry and have families, children are the primary means God uses to help them grow in holiness and virtue. Children teach their parents patience, perseverance, charity, and humility. They give their parents the opportunity to practice the corporal and spiritual works of mercy. They come into the world naked, and we clothe them, hungry and we feed them. Thirsty, and we give them drink. All of the things that we are required to do for the "least of these our brothers," we do first and foremost for our own children.
St. Catherine of Siena once had a vision in which God took her to a roomful of crosses and told her to pick one. St. Catherine went to the largest, heaviest cross in the room and would have chosen it. But God told her that it was not for her: That was reserved for the parents of large families.
When Mother Teresa of Calcutta was asked by a young mother about the best way to proceed with pro-life work, she responded emphatically, "Have a big family. That is the best way to end abortion!"
How this works is not difficult to understand. As children become more rare due to contraception, sterilization and abortion, whole segments of society become less and less familiar with the sense of joy and hope that only babies and children can give. In this climate, contraception and abortion feed on themselves, as the increasingly selfish few further reduce their number.
By having another child, you demonstrate once again to the world that children are God's greatest gifts. "Children build up the life of the family and society," as Pope John Paul II has said. "The child becomes a gift to its brothers and sisters, parents and entire family. Its entire life becomes a gift for the very people who were givers of life and who cannot help but feel its presence, its sharing in their life and its contribution to the common good and to the community of the family."
The more children there are in society, the more pro-life that society will become, and the easier it will be for the great evil of abortion to be eradicated once and for all.
"Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live." Deuteronomy 30:19
"How good it is, how pleasant, where the brothers dwell as one!" Psalm 133:1-2
Reason Five B:
"Love begins by taking care of the closest ones-the ones at home." Mother Teresa
"Grandchildren are the crown of old men, and the glory of children is their parentage." Proverbs 17:6
"How can there be too many children? That's like saying there are too many flowers." Mother Teresa
"Like a fruitful vine your wife within your home, Like olive plants your children around your table. Just so will they be blessed who fear the Lord." Psalm 128:3-4
Our long-term problem is not too many children, but too few children. Having another child will help offset the coming population implosion.
"Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth." Genesis 1:28.
Our Lord Himself said that there was plenty of room for those immortal souls. There is no overpopulation problem in Heaven!
"There are many mansions in my Father's house." John 14:2
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