Blessed Mother’s Day!

https://odb.org/2024/05/12/leaving-a-spiritual-legacy

2 Timothy 1:3-5 is well known for the exaltation and salutation given by Paul to his protégé Timothy’s grandmother, Lois, and his mother, Eunice, for Timothy’s faith. Paul recognised the roles played by mothers and grandmothers in the development of Timothy’s faith over the years. The legacy of their faith.

Even though I didn’t become a Catholic, I could see the strong influence my own paternal grandmother had on the family when it came to the faith. In fact, in my youth, I had followed her to church a couple of times, and there was a time when I contemplated joining the Catholic church. That didn’t materialise as I only stayed with her briefly in Ipoh during school holidays, and later, when we moved to Kelantan, we only went back to Ipoh once a year or less.

I could see in my own darling wife how she is always praying for our sons and how the spiritual lives of our sons are always of utmost concern to her despite the many things occupying her attention at work. She is always speaking and praying about their faith and where they are in God, whether they will survive the Great Tribulation when it comes, with God’s grace and mercy.

My own late mother was always praying for my sister and I when she was alive, especially when I was travelling abroad. In fact, I believe my walk in the faith was always covered by her in her prayers. She was indeed a faithful, devoted, and strong intercessor for God!

Mothers are different from fathers, I guess, because they are more intense on things and have a faithfulness to God that is unrivalled. Their love and devotion are steadfast, like how the love and faithfulness of God never ceases. There is a steady devotion in all mothers, and today, we want to celebrate and salute them for who they are and who they are in Christ!

Blessed Mother’s Day to all mothers! Jesus sees the desires of your heart for your children, and I pray along with you that our Heavenly Father will make those desires come to pass in His time! Amen!