O God, the mother of all living beings,
the creator of the universe and the giver of all good things.
We thank you for our home on earth
and for the joy of living.
By your divine wisdom you have made mothers
the bearers of new life on earth.
As we worship, O Lord, call to our minds
the magnificent and gracious gifts that you have bestowed upon mothers.
We thank you for their love, their forbearance,
their patience and their unselfishness.
And we pray that all mothers may be bearers
of the love that you have so graciously shared
in the gift of your Son, Jesus Christ, for our salvation.
Amen.
Thomas Kilgore, Jr., 1913-1988, pastor and human rights advocate
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She opens her mouth with wisdom,
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
and the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
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