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Happy Mother's Day - May 12, 2019

It is not easy being a mom. A recent study shows that, by the time a child reaches the age of 18, a mother had to handle 18,000 hours of extra child-generated work. In fact, says this study, women who never have children enjoy the equivalent of an extra three months a year in leisure time. Wow! It really isn’t easy being a mom. It requires sacrificial love, the like of which can only be found in God.

Today, Jesus compares His love for us, not just as the Good Shepherd who cares for us and leads us but as one who serves as the “sheep gate” through which the sheep enter and leave. We can only understand this imagery if we understand that once the shepherd has led his sheep into the fenced-in area, he lies at the entrance himself so the sheep will not wander off. Anyone who tries to disturb his sheep will have to enter over his body which he has laid down for his sheep. Such is the love Christ has for us. Such is the love that many of us have experienced first in the sacrificial love of our mothers.

Jesus provides the beautiful image of His love for us as the Good Shepherd who lays down His body for us, but it is through our mothers, who in loving us completely, sacrificially and unconditionally, that we actually experience the love that God has for each of us. 

Thank you, Mom, for showing me God’s love. Thank you, God, for giving me my mother’s love. Thank you, all you moms.

Have a happy Mother’s Day.

Deacon Mark

 

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