In this month of May, the Church calls us to open our hearts in a special way to Mary. Her presence in our lives is a motherly presence. We call her Our Blessed Mother. Mary is a model for all mothers. Jesus invites us to accept Mary as our mother and to respond to her motherly love as Her true children. Mary always leads us to Jesus, her Son.

She helps us follow Him more faithfully. May we all, like Saint John, take Mary into our home and make room for her in our daily lives. As we honor the Mother of God, our spiritual mother, we also honor our earthly mothers.

On Mother’s Day, we remember with gratitude and affection our mothers, not only through material gifts, flowers, or cards, but also, and more importantly, by our prayers for them. We thank God for the gift of our mothers who conceived and gave birth to us, who cared for us, protected us, taught us, and loved us. Many passed on the precious gift of faith to us. We remember all our mothers, living and deceased. We thank them for their generosity and self-giving love.

On Mother’s Day, let us pray for all our mothers. And let us remember that we have a Mother in heaven, the Blessed Virgin Mary. May the Mother given to us by Christ on the cross be ever at our side! When we can understand that honor and respect due to our own mother, by extension we should understand the love and respect we owe to our heavenly Mother.

If we love our earthly mothers, how much more should we honor our heavenly Mother? I am providing two pictures again today, one of Our Blessed Mother, and, one of my own mother, Rita, who passed away in 1998. I thank God for the gift of both of them.

Happy Mother's Day!

God bless you,
Fr. Robert

Father's Sunday, 5/10/2020 Message