Prayer and Reflection for Mother's Day

 

Icon of the Madonna
with the infant Jesus
- a gift from Greece to
the Basilica of the Annunciation

Thank you God for the love of our mothers:
thank you God for their care and concern;
thank you God for the joys they have shared with us;
thank you God for the pains they have borne for us;
thank you God for all that they give us;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.*

Loving God, 

Thank you for mothers and children,

and for all the joy of family life.

Be with those who are grieving 

because they have no mother;

Be close to those who are struggling

because they have no children;

Be near to those who are sad

because they are far apart from those they love.

Let your love be present in every home,

And help your church to have eyes to see

and ears to hear the needs of all who come.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.*

"She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her" - Proverbs 31:24-28

*Source: the Church of England - Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham