Mother’s Day prayer BCP 829 #46 (adapt for “mothers”) Almighty God, heavenly Father, you have blessed us with the joy and care of children: Give to all mothers calm strength and patient wisdom as the bring them up, that they may teach them to love whatever it is just true and good, following the example of our Savior Jesus Christ. Amen
Mother’s Day prayer“Dear Lord, we come before you today to thank you for those who have brought new life into this world. We thank you especially for Mary , the mother of our Savior Jesus Christ, who brought to birth your Son who shared our human nature and lived and died as one of us. Give us the grace, all of us, to welcome you into our hearts and minds and spirits and bring your love to birth in this world. In the name of your song and through the power of the Holy Spirit we pray. Amen”
For mothers
“God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers.” A ]ewish Proverb
“There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.” – Chinese Proverb
“A man loves his sweetheart the most, his wife the best, but his mother the longest.” – An Irish Proverb
“As truly as God is our Father, so truly God is our Mother.” -Julian of Norwich
“A mother understands what a child does not”. Jewish proverb
“The art of mothering is to teach the art of living to children.”—Elaine Heffner