By Mark Haas, Catholic Exchange, May 8, 2026
Mark Haas is a Catholic composer and speaker. He serves as the Director of Music at Ave Maria Parish in Ave Maria, FL, where he lives with his wife and their eight original compositions. Visit his website at www.markhaasmusic.com.
Amid a world ripe with uncertainty, fear, and sorrow, the Catholic Church stands as a loving and consoling mother, guiding her children toward the eternal embrace of Jesus Christ in heaven. The Catholic Church describes herself as a she. She is not merely an institution or an assembly of believers—she is a living, breathing organism: the Bride of Christ. She is our spiritual Mother, nurturing us along our journey toward heaven.
This depiction of the Church as our mother has been professed by saints throughout the ages. St. Cyprian of Carthage wrote in the third century, “He cannot have God for his Father who has not the Church for his Mother.” The Church, as the Mystical Body of Christ, is also the womb that births us into supernatural life through Baptism, heals us through Reconciliation, and feeds us through the Holy Eucharist. She offers not only truth and grace but also a home….
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