Our sense of who we are is gained from living in families and in relationships with friends and others in the wider community. The community of faith that is our local church is the place where we are reminded of the importance of taking responsibility for our thoughts, words and actions. It is where we sit together to identify, challenge and move beyond the excuses that limit and side-step much of life and relating. So let us pray.
All families, all communities would not exist without mothers, and it is them we remember today.