Prayer

Loving God, we know your love because we have mothers.

We thank you for the  mothers who carried us in their wombs,

nourishing, protecting and bringing us into the world.  

We thank you for  the mothers who did not give birth to us, yet loved us just the same.

With gratitude we remember their words of encouragement when we felt unsure or afraid.

We thank you for the kindness when the world has treated us unkindly.

We thank you for the soft comforting arms and the gentle way they kissed away our tears.

We thank you that they protected us with the fierceness of a lioness protecting her cubs.

We thank you for the times when they have protected us rather than letting us continue down wrong paths.

We honour our mothers with lives of service to you in the name of the Risen Christ, for it is in this name we pray.

Amen