Memorial of St. Monica.
Bible
Study: 1st Corinthians 1, 26 to 31 and Matthew 25, 14 to 30.
I guess
you still remember this song: Sweet
mother, I no go forget you. For this
suffer wey you suffer for me. When I dey cry, my mother go carry me, She go say
my pikin weti you dey cry o yo. Stop stop, stop stop, stop stop make you no cry
again.
Today, we
celebrate the life of a great Saint. A woman of excellence; a mother to the
core; a woman who believed that with God nothing is impossible; a true mother
who would never give up on her wayward son; a woman who believed in the power
of prayers and continued to pray even when it seemed as if her boy was getting
worse every day. Today we celebrate a mama-father, a mama-bishop, a super mum
who knew the art of raising a child. St. Monica is an icon of true motherhood,
a great patron of mothers and a shining example of the meaning of what it takes
to be a mother.
I have
seen women who go through a lot because of their children. I have seen women
who love their children so much that they would rather shed their blood than
see any of their children die. I have seen women who teach their children how
to become industrious and self-reliant in life just like the servants who
traded with their master’s talents as Jesus tells us in the Gospel passage
I have
seen women who teach their children the fear of God, women who tell their
children the truth rather than encourage them to be proud and boastful as St.
Paul condemns in the first reading.
I have
seen women who pray for their children so much, that they even forget to pray
for themselves; women who spend countless hours day and night praying till
heavens open like the case of St. Monica who we celebrate today.
Like the
widow who kept pestering the unjust judge, St. Monica prayed relentlessly for
her son St. Augustine. And like the Canaanite woman who was prepared to receive
insults from Jesus for the sake of her daughter who was possessed, St. Monica
went through thick and thin for her son Augustine.
Oh, how
beautiful the heart of a mother can be! How marvellous the heart that never
gives up on her children. Mother is sweet. Mother is beautiful. Mother is gold.
St. Monica, pray for our mothers, give them that special grace to raise up
their children well and the faith to keep on praying for their children
unceasingly.
Let us
pray:
Lord
Jesus, bless us our mothers and those about to be mothers that they would be
the best of mothers to their children. Amen.
Good morning.
Be Happy. Live Positive. Have Faith. It is well with you. God bless you.
Happy
weekend.
Fr. Abu
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