Before becoming a mother, in the order of the Holy Family, a woman becomes a WIFE.

She may bear children or not, but she remains a WIFE. This is her VOCATION.

What IS a WIFE? What does she do? Is it important? Is it unique, compared to — say — a live-in girlfriend? Or a baby’s mother?
Is it particularly spiritual? Is it anything like being a priest or a nun?
I believe this question is FAR TOO INFREQUENTLY EXAMINED and that the role of “WIFE” is WAY too UNDER-APPRECIATED.

We’ve had 50 years of feminism — it’s everywhere, and has apparently “advanced” tremendously.
Have we come a long way, baby? Or have we walked further down a plank?
Away from men, away from harmonious marital relationships with men, especially.
Are we happier?
Do we not need marriage?
Are we THRIVING?
Are our children thriving?

Women, who are wives: WHAT DO YOU DO? What do you see as your unique value in your role as WIFE?

I invite my brothers in Christ to speak about the importance you see of WIVES… in society, and in the Church:
What does it mean — what CAN it mean to your life — to have a great WIFE?
What do you expect from a WIFE?
What would you most look for in seeking a woman specifically to MARRY and spend your life with?

And I ask my sisters in Christ: Do you feel valued as a WIFE?
Why? Or why not?
What makes your vocation special to you?
Did you always want to be a wife?
What do you know now about being a WIFE that you didn’t know when you first got married?
If there were ONE LESSON you could share with maturing young women, about how to become a GREAT WIFE, what would it be?

In each vocation in the Catholic Church, the person lives a life of faith and prayer to continually grow in relationship with God. The Church recognizes that each vocation is equal in the sense that no vocation is better or less than any other. However, because God calls you to a particular vocation – whether marriage, priesthood, religious life or single life – that vocation is the best one for you, and the one that will ‘fit’ you best and make you the most happy. from http://www.holytrinityrobinson.org/vocations.php

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