«Therefore the Church gives thanks for each and every woman: for mothers, for sisters, for wives; for women consecrated to God in virginity; for women dedicated to the many
human beings who await the gratuitous love of another person; for women who watch over the
human persons in the family, which is the fundamental sign of the
human community; for women who work professionally, and who at times are burdened by a great social responsibility; for «perfect» women and for «weak» women - for all women as they have come forth from the heart of God in all the beauty and richness of their femininity; as they have been embraced by his eternal love; as, together with men, they are pilgrims on this earth, which is the temporal «homeland» of all people and is transformed sometimesinto a «valley of tears»; as they assume, together with men, a common responsibility for the
destiny of humanity according to daily necessities and according to that definitive
destiny which the
human family has in God himself, in the bosom of the
ineffable Trinity.»