Happy Mother’s Day

Today is the day we celebrate a special person in our lives, our mothers. Mothers goes through a lot, way more than us men. Although I will never know the pain of childbirth, I do know what they go through by raising children. While it may not be the case with every mom, along with so much joy our children bring, at times our children can bring lots of heartache (especially those teenage years), mostly through worrying, staying up late waiting for them to come home, arguing about why they can’t do this or that, watching them get hurt by friends and so many other things. The list goes on and on.

When it’s all said and done, there is nothing like a Mother’s love. It is special and unique. It is one of the strongest feelings there is because our children mean everything to us and there is nobody who can care more than a mother.

All of those same things apply to another very special Mom, someone who is a mother to every single one of us, our Blessed Mother Mary. The Mother of our Savior is there for us always. No greater Mother has the world ever known. Unlike our earthly Mothers, Mary is with us at all times and is ready to listen to our needs and to intercede for us on our behalf, to take our prayers and our needs to her Son. There is great power in praying to Mother Mary, which is why we honor her. When we pray to her, she is praying not only for us, but praying along with us.

When we feel pain, or we suffer, or we have needs, or we need peace, or healing, we turn to her. Why? Because as a Mother, she knows how to love as only a Mother can.

I know a lot of people who feel so close to her, they don't refer to her as Mary, but they simply call her Mom. I think that is so awesome and is evident of the kind of close bond we should all feel to her. So much has been said and written about Mary, books, articles and even countless web sites devoted to her. There is an endless amount of resources available to us about her. But the truth is there’s only one thing you need to know about her. Mary is our eternal Mother who NEVER stops caring for us, and only wants the best for us and in the end, wants nothing more for us than to be with her and her Son in heaven.

And so on this special day, in honor of her and ALL Mothers, we pray the prayer we all know so well:

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of our death. Amen.