Mother's Day

Mother's Day is observed on the second Sunday in May. This year we shall celebrate Mother's day by honouring our mothers, grandmothers and great-grandmothers, for their contribution to family and society. Let us acknowledge these special women and make them feel welcome and appreciated for their wide services within the Church. May our love, prayers and gestures enable them to hear the words of our heart: 

To those who have warm and close relationships with your children
 - we celebrate with you. 

To those who gave birth this year to their first child
 - we celebrate with you. 

To those who lost a child this year
 - we mourn with you. 

To those who experienced loss through miscarriage, failed
adoptions
 - we grieve with you. 

To those who walk the hard path of infertility, disappointments and tears for years
 - we walk with you. 

Forgive us when we say foolish things to you.
 -We don't mean to make things harder for you. 

To those who have disappointments, heartaches and are distanced from your children
 - we sit with you.
To those who lost their mothers this year
 - we grieve with you. 

To those who experienced abuse at the hands of your own mother
- we acknowledge your experience and ask for God's healing touch. 

To those who have aborted children
 - we remember them and yourself on this day. 

To those who are single married woman mothering your own children
 - we mourn that life has not turned out the way you longed for it to be. 

And to those who are pregnant with new life, both expected and unexpected
 - we anticipate with you. 

Dear Jesus, we thank you for all mothers and care-givers around the world and for all they do for their children. We thank you for their patience when we don't get things right. We thank you for the encouragement they inspire when we find life hard. We pray that all mothers would feel really special today and that You, Lord, would remind us every day to show them as much love and help as they give to us. Amen

Dear mothers: This Mother's Day, we walk with you and we celebrate with you amidst your joys and sorrows and with all your ups and downs. 

Thanks for being a great murnl Wishing you a happy Mother's Day and God Bless.