May is a special Month dedicated to Mary. Mary is the Mother of God. Mary is the queen of heaven, the Gate of paradise, the health of the sick. Mary is the one who showed us how to obey God and how to love each other. Mary is our mother. We can see the statue of Mary, and we pray to Mary as we celebrate this special day – MOTHERS’ DAY.
We can see that Mary who is the Mother of God, who is also our Mother, lived her life according to the commands that Jesus gave us. Mary showed us how to obey the command which Jesus gave to all of us; to love one another as He loves us. She loved her family, her friends. As our mother she loves all of us. In turn we have to Love Mary as our mother. We have to obey and love our own mothers.
In the world there is no other person as dear as a Mother. No one loved so much and by whom we are loved, no person so willing to grant us benefits and have pity on us. Mother’s love is so patient that it shows us how much our heavenly Mother is patient with us. How God is patient with us.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, we start to appreciate our mothers when we are far away. When we cannot jump into a car and see her whenever we would like to. We appreciate our mothers when they are not with us anymore. When we have our mothers next to us we really do not appreciate what they are doing for us. We do not appreciate the dinner, laundry, grocery, cleaning and the list can go on and on. We take all of that for granted.
Today I would like to invite everybody to think what Mary; our heavenly mother does for us… and gives her thanks. I would like you to think what your Mother has done for you… and give thanks to Her.
Flowers and cards are very nice ways to express appreciation, however, as a Church community we can give them even more. We can give them prayer. We know that our heavenly Mother will listen to our prayers. So let us pray through intercession of Mary for our Mothers.
I wish a Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms in our congregation. At the same time I want to assure you that as I offer this Mass I am remembering not only my own mom who lives in Poland but all our mothers, whether living or deceased. We remember our moms because we love them, we’re grateful for the life we received through them
I ask you to kneel down and pray with me for all our Mothers.
Let us pray. God our Father, Bless all mothers. Reward them for their sacrifice and their faithfulness to your image. Give them the strength to endure the pain that often accompanies the task of mothering. We thank you for our mothers and for that part of you we have received through them. Finally, we pray that you will never let us forget the stories which remind us how much our mothers and wives have given us. We ask this, by your Holy Spirit, through Christ our Lord. Amen.
Our Father
Hail Mary
Glory be to the Father
And for all the mom’s who have died:
Eternal rest grant into them O Lord…