SAINT BENEDICT THE MOOR
CATHOLIC CHURCH
Pastor's Corner...
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PASTOR’S MESSAGE... On
Thursday I took my mom out for an early Mother’s Day celebration.
With six children, (four of whom have their own Mother’s Day
gatherings), my mom gets a week of celebrations. Before my dinner I
dropped by CVS to find a Mother’s Day card. It’s always a challenge
to find one that expresses my sentiments. They either strike me as
too sappy, too corny, or too bizarre. But I finally found one that
said it all. To paraphrase, the card tells my mom that motherhood
is probably the most unappreciated job in the world. Not that she
didn’t already know this from dealing with all of us for over 50
years! As believers, we are mindful that the love of our mothers
is a mirror of God’s love for His children. And it’s this love
we celebrate on Mother’s Day. Today we rejoice and give thanks
for our earthly mothers; those living and deceased. We keep them in our
prayers throughout our novena of Masses. Our prayers and
celebrations let our mothers know that we do appreciate them, we love
them and we commend them to our heavenly Father, through the
intercession of Mary, our Blessed Mother. Happy Mother’s Day to
all our moms! God Bless! ---Fr. Mike Jones
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