When someone foolishly told St. Catherine of Genoa that, as a wife and mother, she couldn't love God as much as a nun or priest could, she responded:

"Would God put us anywhere in the world so that we could not love Him? If the love of the husband and children whom God has given should separate any woman from the love of God, it would then be no longer love, but weakness."

God wants us to give Him all our love, and to love others through Him and for His sake, whether we are male or female, secular or religious, young or old.

Our glass of love can be full, no matter the size of our glass. Let us work toward filling our hearts with love of the good God!