When God created man
He gave him a helping mate,
A Woman,
whose heart was immaculate,
That out of the heart of a Woman,
God’s life may germinate.

God clothed Woman with His grace,
An everlasting love she may embrace,
But she refused to be shaped in God’s life,
And ate of the Tree in the midst of Paradise.
But God promised His Son, an infinite “giving” of life,
That all may gain heaven after this earthly strife.

The first mother was Eve,
Who caused man to grieve,
By the devil she had been deceived.
The second mother, Mary, conceived
The Son of God, that all may be relieved,
But in faith, for man to believe.

Mary is the mold of the Principle of Life,
And forms each of us in the Fruit of Life.
From her hands, we were again received,
By her “Fiat” heaven was retrieved.
In our immense misery,
She replaced it with her mercy.

What greater gift could God give
Than a Mother who makes us live,
Who gave birth to Jesus,
That His love may abide in us.
She who saw our emptiness,
Covered us with her Lowliness.
Lowliness is a great capacity for loving,
Which Mary imparts to those who are willing,
That in each heart she may give God praise,
And intercede for us, a life of grace,
She who gave birth to our generation,
Is most willing to plead for our salvation.

Out of her nothingness,
Mary gave her sinlessness,
To plant a seed in each woman’s heart
God’s love, she herself may impart
To her children, as another
Bride, Wife, or Mother.

Through the hand of God,
Mary gives the life we trod,
And shows the joy of giving,
The depths of her loving.
She who gave birth to the King,
Let our hearts again sing.

“Woman, behold thy Son,
Son, behold thy mother,”
Springs forth in the love of a Mother,
A share to all from her dying Son.
She who first knew the fullness of sorrow,
Gives us the blessedness of sorrow.

Mother, the past has come from you,
We are building the present in you.
With your strength we may be another you,
And a future to continue living in you.
Thus God has blessed the month of May
For you, Mother, a Blessed Mother’s Day.