Happy Mother's Day, 2012

BLESSING PRAYER FOR MOTHER'S DAY

God of Love,
     listen to this prayer.
God of Holy People,
    of Sarah, Ruth and Rebekah;
    God of holy Elizabeth, mother of John,
    of Holy Mary, Mother of Jesus,
    bend down Your ear to this request
    and bless the mother of our family.

Bless her with the strength of Your spirit,
     she who has taught her child/children
     how to stand and how to walk.

Bless her with the melody of Your love,
     she who has shared how to speak, how to sing
     and how to pray to You.

Bless her with a place at Your eternal dinner table,
     she who has fed and nurtured
     the life that was formed within her
     while still helpless but embraced in her love.

Bless her today,
     now, in this lifetime,
     with good things, with health.
Bless her with joy, love, laughter
     and pride in her child/children
     and surround her with many good friends.

May she who carried life in her womb
     be carried one day to Your divine embrace:
     there, for all eternity,
     to rejoice with her family and friends.

The blessing and all graces, we pray,
     descend upon the mother of our family:
     in the name of the Father,
     and of the Son
     and of the Holy Spirit.

Amen+


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The above quote comes from Edward Hayes. Prayers for the Domestic Church: a handbook for worship in the home. (1979) p. 80.