Mothers Day
Great Spirit who is our Creator, we pray:
for new mothers, coming to terms with new responsibility ;
for expectant mothers, wondering and waiting;
for those who are tired, stressed or depressed;
for those who struggle to balance the tasks of work and family;
for those who are unable to feed their children due to poverty;
for those whose children have physical, mental or emotional disabilities;
for those who have children they do not want;
for those who raise children on their own;
for those who have lost a child;
for those who care for the children of others;
for those whose children have left home;
and for those whose desire to be a mother has not been fulfilled.
Bless all mothers, that their love may be deep and tender,
and that they may lead their children to know and do what is good,
living not for themselves alone, but for the Great Spirit and creator of all and for others.
Amen.
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Loving Spirit,
we thank you for the love of the mothers you have given us,
whose love is so precious that it can never be measured,
whose patience seems to have no end.
May we see your loving hand behind them and guiding them.
We pray for those mothers who fear they will run out of love
or time, or patience.
We ask you to bless them with your own special love.
We ask this in your name. Amen.
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Gracious Spirit,
We thank you for adopting us into your family through the miracle of
your grace, and for calling us to be brothers and sisters to each other.
Today, loving Spirit, we pray for our mothers:
who cared for us when we were helpless
who comforted us when we were hurt
whose love and care we often took for granted.
Today we pray for:
those who are grieving the loss of their mother,
those who never knew their biological mother, and now yearn for her
those who have experienced the wonder of an adopted mother’s love
the families separated by war or conflict.
Give them special blessings.
Keep us united with you and with each other, so that we can be and become all that we are meant to be.
Amen.
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Thank You For Being My Friend
Thank you for believing in me
when I found it difficult
to believe in myself…
for saying what I’ve needed to hear sometimes,
instead of what I’ve wanted to hear…
for siding with me…
and for giving me another side to consider.
Thank you for opening yourself up to me…
for trusting me with your thoughts
and disappointments and dreams…
for knowing you can depend on me
and for asking my help when you’ve needed it.
Thank you for putting so much
thought and care and imagination
into our friendship…
for sharing so many nice times
and making so many special memories with me.
Thank you for always being honest with me
being kind to me…being there for me.
Thank you for being
a friend to me
in so many meaningful ways.
–Larry S. Chengges
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Inspirational Quotes on Mothers Day by:
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness.
Honore de Balzac, author
A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.
by: Tenneva Jordan
No matter how old a mother is, she watches her middle-aged children for signs of improvement.
by: Florida Scott-Maxwell
The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.
Author Unknown
The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men – from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.
by: Oliver Wendell Holmes
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.
by: Jewish proverb
Mother – that was the bank where we deposited all our hurts and worries.
by: T. DeWitt Talmage
And remember that behind every successful mother……is a basket of dirty laundry
