MOTHER'S LOVE
By Francis C Joseph
Love, we
have been experiencing from our birth till now. We know many kinds of love:-
love of
parents, love of our friends, love of our relatives and many other more. And we
know that without love nothing is possible, without love we are like beast. St.
Paul describes love in 1
Corinthians 13:1, "I may able to speak the languages of different men or
even angels but if I have no love then I am only a ringing cymbal." In
further verse 3
he says,
"I
may even give up everything I have to feed the poor. And may give up my
body to be burned but I gain nothing if I do these things without
love."
Thus we know the importance of love. But
the topic is "MOTHER' LOVE".
In Christianity the word "Mother" is used to describe three person,
who have their own duties and roles in our life: -
1.
Mother of a child
2.
Mother Mary
3.
The Church
1.
Mother of a child
A Mother of a child has many rights and duties bestowed on her. She is not only
confined to household work or working in a big company but also lifting up her
child in faith. This is the place where love comes into being. Without love
there will be no kindness, without love there will be no obedience, without love
nothing is possible. As a result the child becomes rude, short-tempered, and
gains various other undesirable qualities, and learns bad habits. There three
main and important duties of a mother, which are: -
a.
REGARDING HER CHILDREN AS THE CHILDREN OF GOD
This is an important rule because God gives children, therefore they are the
children of God and it is to keep God's law.
b.
EDUCATING HER CHILDREN IN FAITH AND VIRTUES
This also means educating about the religion and to install all the virtues so
that the child can lead a good spiritual life.
c.
EDUCATION OF HER CHILDREN
Without educating her children. The children become good for nothing in other
words they don't know anything and remain illiterates. They go for evil jobs
like pick pocketing stealing or murdering.
But you might be pondering, "what relation duty and love has?" When we
have love in our hearts there is God's duty to be fulfilled and when there is
God's duty love is needed.
2.
Mother Mary
When we say Mother Mary we remember Mother of Jesus, but we must also remember
that she is also our Mother. As we see in John
ch 19:26-27 "Jesus saw his mother standing there. He saw the follower he
loved the most standing there. He told to his Mother, "Dear woman, behold
your son." He told to follower 'behold your mother."
From
that time onwards Mother Mary Became our Mother. She loves us and cares for us.
She intercedes for us because we are her children. She will give us anything we
ask that is good for us. She knows that her Son, Jesus will never refuse her.
Mother Mary also cared Jesus like a loving mother. She taught him the Scriptures
even though she knew that he was the Good News. She taught him good habits,
virtues and commandments even though she knew that he was the Son of God.
Now the
question arises that why do we pray to Mother Mary?
The answer is at the wedding at Canna where the wine was over. Mother
Mary goes to Jesus and says
The Holy Bible says, "Even
if your mother forgets you, I will not forget you."
To fulfill this Jesus gave us his Mother. Therefore by
doing this we have two Mothers to look after us.
3.
The Church
Church is a community of people. When we say "COMMUNITY" we mean to
say there is a bond of love between the people. The Church like a mother gives
everything we need to build our faith.
As I conclude my talk by saying that Mother's love includes duties of three
persons and our duties towards them. Therefore they become an important aspect
of our life.
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