WE SHOULD PRAY FOR MOTHERS
WE SPEAK A LOT, SOMETIMES TOO MUCH, ABOUT THE MOTHERS WHO ABANDON THEIR CHILDREN BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER MOTHERS WHO SUFFER EVERY DAY WITH THEIR CHILDREN. MOTHERS WHO WOULD BE ABLE, WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES OR THEIR HEALTH TO OFFER ONE MORE HOUR IN LIFE OR LESS PAIN TO THEIR CHILD.
DAILY I MEET MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST ALL HOPE FOR THEIR CHILD'S RECOVERY, YET THEY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO RESIGN THEMSELVES TO GOD'S WILL. EVERY DAY I SEE THEIR TEARS, THEIR TIRED FACES, THEIR MOUTH HARDLY ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR SORROW. THEY NEED OUR DAILY PRAYERS AND WE MUST NOT LET THEM DOWN.
ONLY GOD CAN TRULY HELP AND CONSOLE A MOTHER WHO DAILY SEES HER DYING CHILD. ONLY OUR LADY WILL, AFTER HER SON, FULLY UNDERSTAND A MOTHER'S BREAKING HEART.
IN OUR PROJECT WORK DURING THE PAST FOURTEEN YEARS WE HAVE MET HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS. EACH HAS A UNIQUE STORY TO TELL BUT ALL CARRY THAT LOOK OF WORRY, PAIN AND ANXIETY AS THEY CARRY OR SIT WITH THEIR CHILD.
ONE MOTHER WAS TRAUMATISED BY THE FACT THAT, WHILE SHE HAD A LOVELY TEEN-AGE DAUGHTER IN BUDIMEX ONCOLOGY WARD, SHE HAD TO GO TO VISIT HER 15-YEAR OLD SON WHO HAD DEVELOPED AIDS FROM A BLOOD-INJECTION IN THE PAST AND IS NOW IN ANOTHER HOSPITAL. OTHER MOTHERS HERE IN THE ONCOLOGY WARD SHARED HER GRIEF AND THIS SHARING WAS SUCH AN INSPIRATION FOR ME.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO CONSOLE A MOTHER WHO ARRIVES AT OUR HOSPITAL WITH A DYING CHILD OF TWO DAYS? THE BABY HAS A MAL-FORMED HEART AND DOCTORS CANNOT GIVE HOPE. “WHY DID GOD ALLOW ME TO CARRY THAT BABE FOR NINE MONTHS AND NOW THIS?” WAS ALL THAT MOTHER COULD SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
ANOTHER MOTHER CAME TO ME CRYING AS HER SON'S HEALTH DETERIORATED “SISTER” SHE SAID “PLEASE SAY A STRONG PRAYER WITH ME FOR NICUSOR” “I WANT TO FEEL JESUS IS NEAR. MAY WE PRAY TOGETHER?”
JULIA'S MOTHER CAME TO ME, TOO. “SISTER”, SHE SAID WITH A
KIND OF DESPERATION, “PLEASE COME TO THE CHURCH TO PRAY FOR JULIA” EVEN MORE DESPERATELY SHE BEGGED “PLEASE FIND THE PRIEST AND ASK HIM TO COME”. THIS WE DID AND JULIA'S FATHER, WHO HAD COME A LONG DISTANCE FROM THE COUNTRY AND CRIED OUT WITH A KIND OF ANGER AND GRIEF, WAS GREATLY CONSOLED BY THE PRAYERS OF THE PRIEST.
AT TIMES THE MONTHS, AND EVEN YEARS, OF CHILD-CARING CAN WEAR THE MOST LOVING PARENT'S PATIENCE THIN AND THIS IS WHERE OUR ROOM 710 CAN BE A HAVEN WHERE, AT ANY TIME, MOTHERS MAY COME FOR A CHAT AND A BREAK FROM DAILY ROUTINE. WHEN DOCTORS BREAK THE NEWS OF THE POSSIBILITY THEIR CHILD MAY NOT RECOVER, MANY MOTHERS ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE SHARE THEIR SORROW.
THESE MOTHERS SUFFER EVERY DAY, CRY DAILY AND HOPE IN EVERY SECOND. PICTURES OF THESE SUFFERING MOTHERS ARE AN
IMAGE TO FOLLOW US IN OUR PRAYERS AND MEDITATION MOMENTS.
YES, WE SHOULD PRAY FOR MOTHERS.
WE SPEAK A LOT, SOMETIMES TOO MUCH, ABOUT THE MOTHERS WHO ABANDON THEIR CHILDREN BUT THERE ARE MANY OTHER MOTHERS WHO SUFFER EVERY DAY WITH THEIR CHILDREN. MOTHERS WHO WOULD BE ABLE, WITHOUT ANY HESITATION, TO GIVE UP THEIR LIVES OR THEIR HEALTH TO OFFER ONE MORE HOUR IN LIFE OR LESS PAIN TO THEIR CHILD.
DAILY I MEET MOTHERS WHO HAVE LOST ALL HOPE FOR THEIR CHILD'S RECOVERY, YET THEY HAVE THE STRENGTH TO RESIGN THEMSELVES TO GOD'S WILL. EVERY DAY I SEE THEIR TEARS, THEIR TIRED FACES, THEIR MOUTH HARDLY ABLE TO SPEAK THEIR SORROW. THEY NEED OUR DAILY PRAYERS AND WE MUST NOT LET THEM DOWN.
ONLY GOD CAN TRULY HELP AND CONSOLE A MOTHER WHO DAILY SEES HER DYING CHILD. ONLY OUR LADY WILL, AFTER HER SON, FULLY UNDERSTAND A MOTHER'S BREAKING HEART.
IN OUR PROJECT WORK DURING THE PAST FOURTEEN YEARS WE HAVE MET HUNDREDS OF MOTHERS. EACH HAS A UNIQUE STORY TO TELL BUT ALL CARRY THAT LOOK OF WORRY, PAIN AND ANXIETY AS THEY CARRY OR SIT WITH THEIR CHILD.
ONE MOTHER WAS TRAUMATISED BY THE FACT THAT, WHILE SHE HAD A LOVELY TEEN-AGE DAUGHTER IN BUDIMEX ONCOLOGY WARD, SHE HAD TO GO TO VISIT HER 15-YEAR OLD SON WHO HAD DEVELOPED AIDS FROM A BLOOD-INJECTION IN THE PAST AND IS NOW IN ANOTHER HOSPITAL. OTHER MOTHERS HERE IN THE ONCOLOGY WARD SHARED HER GRIEF AND THIS SHARING WAS SUCH AN INSPIRATION FOR ME.
WHAT CAN YOU SAY TO CONSOLE A MOTHER WHO ARRIVES AT OUR HOSPITAL WITH A DYING CHILD OF TWO DAYS? THE BABY HAS A MAL-FORMED HEART AND DOCTORS CANNOT GIVE HOPE. “WHY DID GOD ALLOW ME TO CARRY THAT BABE FOR NINE MONTHS AND NOW THIS?” WAS ALL THAT MOTHER COULD SAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
ANOTHER MOTHER CAME TO ME CRYING AS HER SON'S HEALTH DETERIORATED “SISTER” SHE SAID “PLEASE SAY A STRONG PRAYER WITH ME FOR NICUSOR” “I WANT TO FEEL JESUS IS NEAR. MAY WE PRAY TOGETHER?”
JULIA'S MOTHER CAME TO ME, TOO. “SISTER”, SHE SAID WITH A
KIND OF DESPERATION, “PLEASE COME TO THE CHURCH TO PRAY FOR JULIA” EVEN MORE DESPERATELY SHE BEGGED “PLEASE FIND THE PRIEST AND ASK HIM TO COME”. THIS WE DID AND JULIA'S FATHER, WHO HAD COME A LONG DISTANCE FROM THE COUNTRY AND CRIED OUT WITH A KIND OF ANGER AND GRIEF, WAS GREATLY CONSOLED BY THE PRAYERS OF THE PRIEST.
AT TIMES THE MONTHS, AND EVEN YEARS, OF CHILD-CARING CAN WEAR THE MOST LOVING PARENT'S PATIENCE THIN AND THIS IS WHERE OUR ROOM 710 CAN BE A HAVEN WHERE, AT ANY TIME, MOTHERS MAY COME FOR A CHAT AND A BREAK FROM DAILY ROUTINE. WHEN DOCTORS BREAK THE NEWS OF THE POSSIBILITY THEIR CHILD MAY NOT RECOVER, MANY MOTHERS ARE GRATEFUL THAT WE SHARE THEIR SORROW.
THESE MOTHERS SUFFER EVERY DAY, CRY DAILY AND HOPE IN EVERY SECOND. PICTURES OF THESE SUFFERING MOTHERS ARE AN
IMAGE TO FOLLOW US IN OUR PRAYERS AND MEDITATION MOMENTS.
YES, WE SHOULD PRAY FOR MOTHERS.