Mother's Day Prayer

In general, the mentioning of Mother’s Day during a worship service is not the greatest idea. There are so many ways in which we can harm those in the pews when we casually uplift this holiday that is not tied to our liturgical calendar. However, I also recognize that there are many who come to church in need of hearing their pain surrounding Mother’s Day recognized. Below is a prayer I offered on social media for Mother’s Day 2019. Feel free to use this with credit.

This Mother’s Day let us celebrate all of those who have mothered us in our lives- and also remember:

Those who have carried children and have never been able to hold them.

Those who made the difficult decision to give their child up for adoption.

Those who have lost a child.

Those who want a child but cannot have one.

Those who were forced into pregnancy.

Those who parent alone and do not have a partner to remind their kid to make a card.

Those who are adoptive and step-parents and have heard the lie that they aren’t “real” mothers.

Those who have had their children taken away.

Those who are searching for their children or for their mothers.

Those whose children are being kept in cages.

Those who do not want to become a mother and are told this is a flaw.

Those who have painful relationships with their mother.

Those whose mothers were not present.

Those whose mothers have died.

Those who want to be mothers but adoption policies are biased against them.

Those who are parents beyond the binary of our mother’s and father’s day.

May we all take the best of what mothers should be and give that gift to one another.