We rejoice in Malta as 4 new priests were ordained yesterday, 3 of them diocesan priests and another one a Franciscan Capuchin. Two deacons will be ordained this coming week, but the number of seminarians is now down to 9 in the diocesan seminary. Let us continue to pray for vocations and ask a special blessing on all mothers on the occasion of Mother’s Day, that their sons will hear God’s calling to work in the vineyard of the Lord, and some of their daughters will join the consecrated life as sisters.
To all our mothers, grandmothers, godmothers, mothers-to-be, foster mothers and step-mothers, our prayers are with you. On this special day, we pray that they will place their lives and their families’ well-being under the Blessed Mother’s protection. Let us also remember those mothers who are in heaven, waiting for us as patiently as they used to wait at midnight when we were late coming home from a party. A news item on TV showed that if a mother who stays home were to be paid according to the work she does, cleaning, cooking, teaching, counselling, fixing, decorating, driving, etc, she would be working an average 92 hours a week, and she will be earning a minimum of $138,000 a year. My own mother would have earned over $8 million in her lifetime! We love them, and we thank them for all they do for us. May God bless them with eternal happiness in his bosom, until we eventually join them at our final destination.
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