{"id":8873,"date":"2022-05-08T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/?p=8873"},"modified":"2022-05-02T08:55:09","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T12:55:09","slug":"happy-mothers-day-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.treatsforthesoul.org\/happy-mothers-day-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Mother&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<iframe title=\"Happy Mother\u2019s Day! 5\/8\/22\" allowtransparency=\"true\" height=\"150\" width=\"100%\" style=\"border: none; min-width: min(100%, 430px);\" scrolling=\"no\" data-name=\"pb-iframe-player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.podbean.com\/player-v2\/?i=tc922-12164f8-pb&#038;from=pb6admin&#038;share=1&#038;download=1&#038;rtl=0&#038;fonts=Arial&#038;skin=1&#038;font-color=&#038;logo_link=episode_page&#038;btn-skin=7\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>On this Mother\u2019s Day I am reminded of the story about a mother\u2019s only son who was going off to the university.<\/strong>  As a good and loving mother, she was most concerned about her son\u2019s well-being. So she wrote this letter to the president of the university where her son was going:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cDear Sir: \u201cMy son has been accepted for admission to your university and he soon will be leaving me. I am writing to ask that you give your personal attention to the selection of his roommate.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI want to be sure that his roommate is not the kind of person who uses foul language, tells off-color jokes, smokes, drinks, or chases after girls. I hope you will understand why I am appealing to you directly.&nbsp;<strong>You see, this is the first time my son will be away from home, except for the three years he was in the Marine Corps.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only a mother could write a letter like that. Thank God there are mothers like that. For a mother has the hard and difficult job of loving her child totally and unselfishly, and yet has the task of letting go.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In today\u2019s Gospel (John 10:27-30), I feel that Jesus identifies himself with mothers when he says:&nbsp;<em>\u201cMy sheep hear my voice. I know them, and they follow me. I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish. No one can take them out of my hand.\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A mother gives birth not only to an earth-bound human being, but to a child with a soul who is destined to live in love with God forever.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jesus saw himself as the Good Shepherd, who so loved his sheep, that he gave his own life for them. This is how Jesus loves you and me \u2013 completely and unconditionally, laying down his own life for us.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So often we think that love is meant to give us happiness, as when we fall in love.&nbsp;<strong>The truth of the matter is \u2013 love may well bring us a lot of pain. Love is rarely, if ever, on our own terms.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider how Jesus, throughout his life, suffered when he was misunderstood, rejected, ridiculed, dismissed and attacked. Yet\u00a0<strong><em>the Love that Counts<\/em><\/strong>\u2026.<strong><em>Is\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>the Love that Costs<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<em>Mothers may shop at discount stores, but at home, they pay the full price<\/em>. Jesus, the Good Shepherd, worked many miracles, but on the cross, he paid the full price. To Jesus and to our mothers,\u00a0<strong><em>the <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Love that Counts<\/em><\/strong>\u2026.<strong><em>Is <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>the Love that Costs<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong><em>HAPPY MOTHER\u2019S DAY!!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Please reflect upon the times YOUR mother gave to YOU without counting the cost!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>YOU CAN NEVER UNDERSTAND LIFE UNTIL IT GROWS INSIDE OF YOU! 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