Can a woman forget her nursing-child,
or show no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands…
Isaiah 49.15-16
For those who cannot celebrate Mothering Sunday, Mother’s Day or whatever you want to call it:
- For the abused
- For the neglected
- For the abandoned
- For the unwanted
- For the ‘nuisance’
- For the ‘difficult’ one
- For the ‘why can’t you be more like your sister/brother’ one
- For the ones who can no longer speak to their mothers because the pain is too much and nothing makes the relationship better
- For the ones who don’t want children and are made to feel incomplete, lacking, selfish, not a proper human being
For all of these, because we matter as much as the ones who grieve lost mothers or not being able to have children.
For all of these because we matter as much as the ones who are happy today.
A prayer:
Through Christ’s wounds may we find healing;
through his pain may we find relief;
through his suffering may we find freedom;
through his cross may we find victory.
And may God the Father bless us;
God the Son take care of us;
Holy Spirit enlighten us,
today and all the days of our life.
Amen.
