Thank You for the gift of motherhood which You shared with Eve and her daughters, which You empowered Mary to be supreme example, which You from age to age make fertile through love, understanding, consolation and hope.
I thank You in a special way for Benita, committed apostle of the Sacred Heart of Your only begotten Son, Jesus, who blessed me by procreating me with You and Ruperto, by carrying me despite her advanced age, by birthing me and nurturing me and lavishing me with love that is always sweet, sometimes demanding, but ever motherly. You have called her back to You; may I one day join her again in Your everlasting, blessed embrace.
I ask You to bless my other mothers:
Mother Church, who continues to strive in living with fidelity her union with Your Son; may we all build her up by our own responsible and committed living of our Baptismal gift.
My motherland, who is attacked from all sides and even by her own children with ideologies and strategies that are not Filipino; may we gift her with our conscience-driven, life-giving exercise of our vote tomorrow, and our conscientious participation in her daily affairs.
My mother tongue, often unrecognized, sometimes disrespected, but so essential for understanding and cooperation; may she prosper again through education that flows into everyday existence.
Bless too, mothers related to me by blood (aunties, cousins, nieces, other relatives), by bonding (friends and acquaintances), or by blessing (heroic mothers I look up to: Margaret Occhiena, Monica of Hippo, Gianna Beretta Molla, etc.).
*Originally posted on Facebook
Mother Church, who continues to strive in living with fidelity her union with Your Son; may we all build her up by our own responsible and committed living of our Baptismal gift.
My motherland, who is attacked from all sides and even by her own children with ideologies and strategies that are not Filipino; may we gift her with our conscience-driven, life-giving exercise of our vote tomorrow, and our conscientious participation in her daily affairs.
My mother tongue, often unrecognized, sometimes disrespected, but so essential for understanding and cooperation; may she prosper again through education that flows into everyday existence.
Bless too, mothers related to me by blood (aunties, cousins, nieces, other relatives), by bonding (friends and acquaintances), or by blessing (heroic mothers I look up to: Margaret Occhiena, Monica of Hippo, Gianna Beretta Molla, etc.).
*Originally posted on Facebook
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