tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post2640404149399199063..comments2023-09-26T00:42:29.508-07:00Comments on Caritas in Veritate: The forgotten mothers this Mothers DayFather John Boylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10581732723849634398noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-15367129239289756632011-05-06T11:49:17.481-07:002011-05-06T11:49:17.481-07:00Thank you for this very touching testimony. The fo...Thank you for this very touching testimony. The fourth Commandment sums it up: "Honour your father and mother." It is from them you received life. How can you ever forget them, no matter how imperfect you might consider them? You will not be forgotten this Mothers Day - I hope all my readers will join me in remembering you and others suffering like you in their prayers this Mothers Day.Father John Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581732723849634398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-38735156272729428202011-05-06T11:44:59.935-07:002011-05-06T11:44:59.935-07:00I am a full time single Mother to 3 beautiful sons...I am a full time single Mother to 3 beautiful sons, now grown & with their own children. I have not received a Mother's day gift, card, poem, email, or phone call for many years. I went through so much raising my sons, went through struggles they will never know about, suffered and sacrificed the same as any loving parent would do. I worked 2 jobs so they would have everything they needed. I supported them through their own pain, both physical and emotional. I am now 64 years old and the entire week before and after Mother's day are completely traumatic for me as I deal with the emotions that are so overwhelming, painful, confusing. No matter what you do in life, please always do your best to remember the woman who gave you life. your Mother may not have been what you hoped for, but you will never know what she gave up or did to make sure you were happy & protected & loved. Please don't forget them. You have no idea of the pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-11697383326633599532011-05-05T17:33:20.545-07:002011-05-05T17:33:20.545-07:00my coworkers tried to kill me, my ex-husband calle...my coworkers tried to kill me, my ex-husband called me names, the state called me names I had a traumatic brain injury at work no one would report it no one would treat me, my children wont talk to me - my family and the public have not been educated on traumatic brain injury<br /><br />jan mathews tbi 1-31-94 at pavilions palos verdejan mathewsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-71608922390073786752011-05-05T06:09:55.083-07:002011-05-05T06:09:55.083-07:00Thanks Katie for this reminder. I think this could...Thanks Katie for this reminder. I think this could inform the prayers of intercession on Sunday.Father John Boylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10581732723849634398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6845239886251312993.post-20408694729913789462011-05-05T06:05:55.975-07:002011-05-05T06:05:55.975-07:00Mother's Day can be a tough holiday. There are...Mother's Day can be a tough holiday. There are mothers who have had an abortion, who have suffered miscarriages or lost children of any age, women who want to become mothers but are unable to conceive, men and women who have lost their mothers, or whose mothers were abusive or absent, mothers and children who are estranged from each other. We need to pray for ALL of these people on this holiday.Terra Niveahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02128695255480189339noreply@blogger.com