Roots and Wings

"According to a saying attributed to a great poet from my own country, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, there are two things that children should receive from their parents: roots and wings. From our holy Mother, the Church, we too receive both roots and wings: the faith of the Apostles, handed down from generation to generation, and the grace of the Holy Spirit, conveyed above all through the sacraments of the Church."  ~Pope Benedict XVI, 10/19/11, greeting at the celebration of the opening of Domus Australia in Rome

Dear Lord, thank you for our holy Mother, the Church, who gives such beautiful and lasting gifts to us, her children!  Amen.