Happy Mother’s Day—Please Pray for a New Mom
by Melanie Bettinelli on May 13, 2012
I am very blessed to have my mother with me today. Oh what joy! This photo was taken this morning after our parish’s annual May crowning. What a splendid day we had for it!
Happy Mother’s Day to all my friends who are mothers.
Today I especially want to pray for all mothers who have never had a chance to hold their babies because of the crosses of miscarriage or abortion. You are mothers too and I pray that God will heal your wounded hearts and that one day you will be reunited with your beloved babies in heaven. And I want to remember all the women who bear the cross of infertility, who want to be mothers and whose hearts yearn for children and whose arms yearn to hold a child. May God bless you abundantly.
Finally, today I want to beg your prayers for my sister’s friend, Amy, whose son (not yet named) was born two and a half months early because of a serious threat of pre-eclampsia. He was 1 pound, 12 oz at birth. He’s currently in the NICU and both mother and son are doing well; but he will be in the NICU for quite some time, of course. Thank God for good diagnostics and for safe c-sections. The doctors said another week and mother and baby might not have made it.
Comments
Happy Mother’s Day to you, dear Melanie - so happy for you that you were able to share the day with your own mother.
I will certainly pray for Amy and her baby son - today is the 5th anniversary of my Confirmation and I am so happy and thankful and feel as though none of my prayers today can go unanswered.
Finally, let me say that your prayers today for all mothers touched me very very deeply - in ways you will never know this side of Heaven. Thank you, my dear sister in Christ.
Posted by Teresa on 05/13/12 at 12:38 PM
Teresa, Happy anniversary! Thank you for sharing your joy today and your prayers.
Posted by Melanie Bettinelli on 05/13/12 at 04:00 PM