Here’s
a prayer for others suitable for use on Mother’s Day. It was written by Rev.
Danyelle Ditmer and posted on Little
People Big Word (see link below).
Prayer for Others:
Mother’s Day
Holy
One,
we
gather in your presence to give you thanks
and
to celebrate the gift of your motherly love,
both
gentle and fierce,
both
strong and humble,
both
kind and true.
Your
love has given birth to the whole of creation,
supports
and nurtures us,
cares
enough to correct us,
and
challenges us in ways that strengthen and transform us.
We
offer you praise and thanksgiving
for
your unfailing presence in our lives
and
all of the blessings you so generously offer us.
Lord
in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
Loving
God, we thank you for the gift of motherhood and for the many
examples
of faithful mothers in scripture, like Sarah, Hannah, Elizabeth,
Mary,
and Lois. We give thanks for mothers the world over. We celebrate
all
those who have nurtured and cared for us, remembering especially,
birth
mothers, adoptive mothers, surrogate mothers, aunts, grandmothers,
teachers,
neighbors, and all women who have mothered us.
Lord
in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
God
of generations,
thank
you for the gift of faith
kindled
and rekindled in us through the years.
And
thank you for those what have taught us the faith
in
sincerity and love.
Today,
we give special thanks and praise for our church mothers,
the
women who, like Timothy’s mother and grandmother,
steadily
and without much recognition
teach
a new generation of children about the love of Jesus.
And
we celebrate the matriarchs
who
build up with compassion and strong shoulders
young
women and girls,
revealing
a deep spiritual life and love
woven
into the fabric of our church family.
Lord
in your mercy,
hear our prayer.
God
of compassion and joy,
we
know motherhood is a wide spectrum
and
our life together is big enough to stand in solidarity with all mothers.
For
the seen and unseen grief and struggles of women and mothers,
we
ache with you.
For
the seen and unseen joys of motherhood,
we
rejoice and celebrate with you.
May
God bless all women on this special day;
in
the name of the Father,
and
of the Son,
and
of the Holy Spirit,
One
God, the Mother of us all. Amen.
~
written by Rev. Danyelle Ditmer www.littlepeoplebigword.com
