UPC Faith Connection

Mother's Day 2023 May 14, 2023 by Rev. Katie Mulligan Preached at United Presbyterian Church Levittown, NY Click here for the audio recording Scripture Reading: 2 Kings 2:19-25 ...while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him, saying, ‘Go away, baldhead! Go away, baldhead!’ When he turned round and saw them, he cursed them  in the name of the Lord. Then two she-bears came  out of the woods and mauled forty-two of the boys. This morning I welcome all of you who have been mothers, are mothers, long to be mothers, have had a mother, are missing a mother. For those of us fortunate enough to be gathered in the loving company of our mothers or children today, I give thanks and praise! For those of us who are separated from their mothers or children through distance, estrangement, or death, my heart aches with you. My own mother is 3,000 miles from here. My children are not with me today. Perhaps you are not a “mother” in the sense of the word no