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Have your mother prayed for by Fr. Altman in our Mother’s Day Spiritual Bouquet
(LifeSiteNews) – The most honorable of toils is that of a mother, a woman who lays aside her interests and wants to raise the next generation of humanity. From the very beginning, God ordained motherhood. But God never said it would be an easy task. Because of the fall, God said to Eve, “I will make your pains in childbearing very severe; with painful labor you will give birth” (Genesis 3:16). Raising a family is not like any other job. A mother’s work is never done. Raising a family requires courage, nobleness, and perseverance. Motherhood is never boring or droll. Motherhood is one unexpected event after another.
A mother must endure nine months of pregnancy and excruciating labor before giving birth. (And although an adoptive mother may not have given birth physically, she gives life to that child when she takes on the responsibility of motherhood.) But even after a child is born or adopted, the work is still far from over. A mother must feed her child,
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