Happy Mother’s Day!

A blessed Mother’s Day to my mum, all the mothers out there, the mother Goddesses, and The Earth Mother.

Blessed be the works of your hands, O Holy One.

Blessed be these hands that have touched life.

Blessed be these hands that have nurtured creativity.

Blessed be these hands that have held pain.

Blessed be these hands that have embraced with passion.

Blessed be these hands that have tended gardens.

Blessed be these hands that have closed in anger.

Blessed be these hands that have planted new seeds.

Blessed be these hands that have harvested ripe fields.

Blessed be these hands that have cleaned, washed, mopped, scrubbed.

Blessed be these hands that have become knotty with age.

Blessed be these hands that are wrinkled and scared from doing justice.

Blessed be these hands that have reached out and been received.

Blessed be these hands that hold the promise of the future

Blessed be the works of your hands, O Holy One.

By Diann Neu