MOTHER'S DAY

ONE little boy came up to his mother in the kitchen one evening while she was fixing supper, and he handed her a piece of paper that he had been writing on. After his mom dried her hands on an apron, she read it, and this is what it said:

• For taking care of the garden – P 50.00
• For cleaning up my room this week – P25.00
• For going to the store for you – P10.00
• Baby-sitting my kid brother while you went shopping – P 30.00
• Taking out the garbage – P 10.00
• For getting a good grades in the report card – P 100.00
• For cleaning up the bathroom – P 50.00
Total: P 275.00

His mother looked at him standing there expectantly. So she picked up the pen, turned over the paper he'd written on, and this is what she wrote:

• For the nine months I carried you while you were growing inside me, No Charge.
• For all the nights that I did not sleep because you were sick, No Charge.
• For feeding you, cleaning you up, and dressing you, No Charge.
• For sending you to Kindergarten, No Charge.
• For buying you toys, No Charge.
• For all the trying times, and all the tears that you've caused through the years, No Charge.
Total: P0.00

Today is Mother’s Day. Today we acknowledge the love our mothers have been giving us through the years. Today we say to them: Thank you

BLESSING FOR MOTHERS

Holy God,
You compae you own love for your people
To the love of a mother for her children.
Look with kindness on these mothers,
Give them comfort in moments of sorrow,
And joy in their work for their families.

Listen to their prayers,
And bless + them in all they do for you.
Let them share with Jesus your son
And Mary our mother
In the everlasting happiness of heaven.

Father,
We ask this grace
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.