Comments on: Sermon for Mothering Sunday, 14th March 2010 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/03/11/sermon-for-mothering-sunday-14th-march-2010/ A Church of Ireland Rector in rural Leinster Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:26:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/03/11/sermon-for-mothering-sunday-14th-march-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-3304 Ian Poulton Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:49:27 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4541#comment-3304 Gram, There would be half a dozen people on a typical Sunday who have lost kids at varying ages. I reflect on that and realize I know nothing. With prayers. Gram,

There would be half a dozen people on a typical Sunday who have lost kids at varying ages. I reflect on that and realize I know nothing.

With prayers.

]]> By: goodnightgram http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/03/11/sermon-for-mothering-sunday-14th-march-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-3299 goodnightgram Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:03:39 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4541#comment-3299 Ian: That's kind of you. Mostly it doesn't even bring us to tears. It's that silent, unfillable void that just . . . is. We usually blow town and I allow us both to skip church, too. The corporation would call that a mortal sin, but methinks God knows where we are . . . Mother's Day here is in May. Much too commercial and I never really heard a sermon about mothers worth the time it took to listen. But the passage you used is the heart of it all - for those of us who've lost a child. I guess I should speak for myself. Luke 2:19 got me by . . . . .LOTs of pondering in my heart! Know what I ponder? What to answer when people aske me if I have any children . . . . I still get that from time to time. The short answer is: No. The rude answer is: She's dead. The sad answer is: I used to have a child and now I don't. And if you run into any like me on Sunday, I hope they find comfort. Ian: That’s kind of you. Mostly it doesn’t even bring us to tears. It’s that silent, unfillable void that just . . . is. We usually blow town and I allow us both to skip church, too. The corporation would call that a mortal sin, but methinks God knows where we are . . . Mother’s Day here is in May. Much too commercial and I never really heard a sermon about mothers worth the time it took to listen. But the passage you used is the heart of it all – for those of us who’ve lost a child. I guess I should speak for myself. Luke 2:19 got me by . . . . .LOTs of pondering in my heart! Know what I ponder? What to answer when people aske me if I have any children . . . . I still get that from time to time. The short answer is: No. The rude answer is: She’s dead. The sad answer is: I used to have a child and now I don’t. And if you run into any like me on Sunday, I hope they find comfort.

]]> By: Ian Poulton http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/03/11/sermon-for-mothering-sunday-14th-march-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-3297 Ian Poulton Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:05:33 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4541#comment-3297 Hello Gram, I'll be thinking of you on Sunday, and young Goodnight - a painful day to mark. Hello Gram,

I’ll be thinking of you on Sunday, and young Goodnight – a painful day to mark.

]]> By: goodnightgram http://www.forthefainthearted.com/2010/03/11/sermon-for-mothering-sunday-14th-march-2010/comment-page-1/#comment-3296 goodnightgram Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:22:36 +0000 http://www.forthefainthearted.com/?p=4541#comment-3296 Nice job. Much better than the way most pastors handle the US equivalent of this day. I get the soul-piercing sorrow part - for sure! Gram Nice job. Much better than the way most pastors handle the US equivalent of this day. I get the soul-piercing sorrow part – for sure! Gram

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