This weekend, allow me to wish all of our mothers & grandmothers a Happy & Blessed Mother’s Day! There are not enough words to describe all that a mother does & no amount of pay would be enough for what she truly deserves. This weekend we offer special prayers for all of our mother’s living & deceased.
But while we celebrate & honor our mother’s this weekend & while many of us have been blessed with the example of loving & caring mothers that, unfortunately, that is not the case for everyone. As we celebrate this Mother’s Day we also remember & pray for all those for whom Mother's Day is not a day of celebration, but rather a day of difficulty & challenge. We pray for expectant mothers & for all those who are struggling to be mothers, all those struggling to conceive, & all those struggling with infertility. We pray for those who have lost a child, whether that be through the pain of death, the suffering of a miscarriage, & all those mothers whose children have abandoned or neglected them. We pray for all those who have experienced the pain of separation or distance from their children or from their mother. We pray for those who have had a less than loving experience of motherhood & for all of our foster mothers & our step-mothers. This weekend, we remember & we pray for all those who have experienced both the joys & the pains of motherhood.