and enables the weakest child to stand tall and straight in the fields of adversity. We believe that this love, even at its best, is only the shadow love of God, a dark reflection of all that we expect of him in this life and the next. We believe that one of the most beautiful sights in the world is a mother who lets this greater love flow through her to her child, blessing the world with the tenderness of her touch and the tears of her joy. Thank God for mothers, and thank mothers for helping us understand God! (Anonymous Published on Church of Ireland’s Resources for Mothering Sunday) – The Prayers of the People These Biddings should be supplemented with locally appropriate prayers We give thanks for the Church, our mother, who brought us to birth in the family of Christ, through the waters of baptism. We pray that all Christians will hear again God’s call to mother those in need, and bring them home to God. Lord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer. We pray for all those in authority in our nation and in our world. May they learn from the example of Jesus Christ that true power is the power to feed the poor and the hungry, to make a home for the homeless and to offer hospitality to the broken-hearted. Lord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer. We pray for our own community. May we see each other as brothers and sisters, called to sit at God’s family table together. Let us work together for that great day when God comes again to restore heaven and earth. Lord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer. We pray for all who suffer today, in mind, body or spirit. In particular, we pray for those who have lost a motherly presence, and for those who have never
and enables the weakest child to stand tall and straight in the fields of adversity. We believe that this love, even at its best, is only the shadow love of God, a dark reflection of all that we expect of him in this life and the next. We believe that one of the most beautiful sights in the world is a mother who lets this greater love flow through her to her child, blessing the world with the tenderness of her touch and the tears of her joy. Thank God for mothers, and thank mothers for helping us understand God! (Anonymous – Published on Church of Ireland’s Resources for Mothering Sunday) The Prayers of the People These Biddings should be supplemented with locally appropriate prayers We give thanks for the Church, our mother, who brought us to birth in the family of Christ, through the waters of baptism. We pray that all Christians will hear again God’s call to mother those in need, and bring them home to God. Lord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer. We pray for all those in authority in our nation and in our world. May they learn from the example of Jesus Christ that true power is the power to feed the poor and the hungry, to make a home for the homeless and to offer hospitality to the broken-hearted. Lord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer. We pray for our own community. May we see each other as brothers and sisters, called to sit at God’s family table together. Let us work together for that great day when God comes again to restore heaven and earth. Lord, in your mercy. Hear our prayer. We pray for all who suffer today, in mind, body or spirit. In particular, we pray for those who have lost a motherly presence, and for those who have never
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