For the blessing of mothers everywhere, we bless you.
For you 
who like a mother feeds the earth with rain and sunshine, who gives the sparrow a home, we praise you.
For you who like a mother endures the joyful pain of bringing forth new life, who gives life to redeem life, we love you.
For your mothering spirit that weeps when we weep, rejoices when we rejoice, disciplines us when we go a wrong way, and runs from the front porch to welcome us back always with open arms, we come to you.
For all who have known the loss of a mother, for mothers who have known the loss of children, for women who have had motherhood thrust upon them, for women who have wanted but for some reason could not have, for women who have loved in ways no mother perhaps ever has, we pray to you.
For all who have lived with a disappointment and hurt of motherhood so deep that it has led to rage and fear, heal us and help us to forgive.
For your children who woke up today in a world that feels absent of a mother’s touch, because there is no food to eat, no shelter big enough to hide the sound of bombs, no money with which to see a doctor, no one to teach them what other children are getting to learn, we work for your justice.
For all who have no day to call their own, no day that speaks their worth and tells their story, may we know who we are in you—holy, blessed, and loved, Amen.
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