Happy Mother's Day
May 10, 2026
Happy Mother’s Day to our mothers, grandmothers, foster mothers, stepmothers, and all women who play any kind of maternal role in someone’s life. And we offer our prayers and congratulations to all expectant mothers, as they await the birth of their child.
We all know how important mothers are. Their womb is the pathway by which we enter this world. They nurse us, feed us, clean us, clothe us, protect us, teach and form us, and in so many ways, they love us. Fathers play an important role as well, but that is for a different holiday.
As we celebrate Mother’s Day, we honor the family, the most significant institution in our human world. God Himself created the family in an imitation of Himself, who is a family—the Holy Trinity. There is a saying that, “As goes the family, so goes the society. As goes the family, so goes the Church.” The family is the basic unit of society and the Church. It is no accident that the breakdown of the family in our modern times has led to a breakdown of society and the Church.
At the heart of the family is the mother. Along with fathers, mothers build up and give stability to the family. In many ways, her love is the core of the household and the glue that holds it all together.
We know that our mothers are not perfect. And we know that many mothers (and fathers) are unfortunately wounded by life and fail in some ways to give their children the love that they need. Today, as we pray for all moms, we need to pray for these women who have been wounded and damaged by their own family lives and who struggle to make good decisions, to care for and provide for their children. The vast majority are doing the best they possibly can.
Let us pray today for all mothers, living and deceased, and ask God’s blessing upon them all, especially those who are struggling, hurting, and feel lost and afraid.
From the Cross, Jesus looked down at His Mother and the Beloved Disciple. He said to them, “Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your Mother.” In this act, Jesus not only gave Mary to be the mother of John, but all of us. We call upon her, and we honor her, too, on this beautiful day.
—Fr. Mike Comer
Happy Mother’s Day to our mothers, grandmothers, foster mothers, stepmothers, and all women who play any kind of maternal role in someone’s life. And we offer our prayers and congratulations to all expectant mothers, as they await the birth of their child.
We all know how important mothers are. Their womb is the pathway by which we enter this world. They nurse us, feed us, clean us, clothe us, protect us, teach and form us, and in so many ways, they love us. Fathers play an important role as well, but that is for a different holiday.
As we celebrate Mother’s Day, we honor the family, the most significant institution in our human world. God Himself created the family in an imitation of Himself, who is a family—the Holy Trinity. There is a saying that, “As goes the family, so goes the society. As goes the family, so goes the Church.” The family is the basic unit of society and the Church. It is no accident that the breakdown of the family in our modern times has led to a breakdown of society and the Church.
At the heart of the family is the mother. Along with fathers, mothers build up and give stability to the family. In many ways, her love is the core of the household and the glue that holds it all together.
We know that our mothers are not perfect. And we know that many mothers (and fathers) are unfortunately wounded by life and fail in some ways to give their children the love that they need. Today, as we pray for all moms, we need to pray for these women who have been wounded and damaged by their own family lives and who struggle to make good decisions, to care for and provide for their children. The vast majority are doing the best they possibly can.
Let us pray today for all mothers, living and deceased, and ask God’s blessing upon them all, especially those who are struggling, hurting, and feel lost and afraid.
From the Cross, Jesus looked down at His Mother and the Beloved Disciple. He said to them, “Woman, behold your son. Son, behold your Mother.” In this act, Jesus not only gave Mary to be the mother of John, but all of us. We call upon her, and we honor her, too, on this beautiful day.
—Fr. Mike Comer
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