A beautiful  Sunday, and Happy Mothers Day.

I made a special cake for my sister today to celebrate Mother’s Day with the family. A Vanilla Strawberry Buttercake.

Its the first time I’ve used this giant cupcake tin, so a little trial and error, but some great results. And some wonderful ideas for future baking were discussed by us girls…. 

A Mothers Blessing

Thank you, Holy Father,

for Your special gift of mothers;

for the example of Your unconditional love they share with their children.

Thank You for the mother who lets her child know without doubt he or she is loved,

and for the child who returns that love.

Lord, today we pray You will protect and guide mothers everywhere;

that You will grant them Your wisdom in loving and teaching their children.

Today, may children everywhere remember the warm caresses and whispers in the night;

the tears dried and Band-Aids, the peach cobbler, the laughter;

and the blood curdling scream, ‘No!’ at the brink of danger.

Thank You for the mothers who played with us, taught us, nurtured us,

fed us, listened to us and tried to understand us.

Today, may we remember Mum’s beauty when we were young;

and her loveliness discovered as we aged.

Lord, today draw especially close the mothers who are alone,

for whatever reason;

and grant them Your comfort, Your pleasure, Your peace,

And, Lord, for children who are alone, because of distance, death, or indifference,

may good memories flood their minds.

And if there is not a good memory,

may forgiveness burst forth from their hearts

and revive in them long lost joy.

Thank you particularly for phone calls today,

and for a shared ‘I Love You’.

Today as we honour, celebrate, or simply reflect on the woman who gave us birth,

or who adopted us into her heart.

We thank You, Lord, for life,

and for Mum!

I thought I’d share this beautiful Mothers Blessing poem that we gave to our Mum’s today from our children in our Liturgy class.

Read on for the recipe and decorating tips…

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