A Mother’s Love

 

“Can a mother forget her infant, be without tenderness for the child of her womb? Even should she forget, I will never forget you.” Isaiah 49:15

There are a growing number of women who do not want children. They either want to get married or not, but they do not want to have children. There’s even an acronym, ‘DINK’, for a couple with double incomes but no kids that’s quite popular on Tiktok although it’s been around since the 1980s. They prefer to travel, grow their career, or plan for early retirement.

But there are women like Maria Cristina Cella Mocellin, who just appreciate being a mother so much, she will do anything to give her child the very best. Maria Cristina met her husband Carlo and married him in 1991. They already had two children when it was discovered that Maria Cristina’s cancer which had been treated during her younger years, had recurred. She chose to forgo chemotherapy to protect her unborn son. After giving birth in July 1994, she underwent treatment, but it was too late. The cancer had spread. She left her family on October 22, 1995, at the age of 26.

Her cause for beatification began in 2008, and on August 30, 2021, Pope Francis declared her Venerable, recognizing her heroic virtues as a mother.