Friday's thoughts

"Momma Mia"

There are stages we go through with our mothers. The sermon will look at those stages. This is what I'm thinking as I reflect upon the stages Jesus went through with his mother.


1. Momma, look at me!
Jesus in the temple at age 12. His mother said to him, "Didn't you know how worried your father and I would be?" And he said to her, "Momma, look at me. I am about God's business."

2. Momma, let me be!
Jesus and his mother at the wedding at Cana. The wine ran out and Jesus' mother, Mary, told him what he ought to be doing about it. He said to her, "What has this to do with you?"

3. Momma, let me see!
Jesus on the cross saying to John, "Behold, my mother!" There came a time when he looked at her and there was a level of mutuality they had never had before.

We go through stages with our parents. It moves from needing their support, feeling their interference, to having an, almost, peer relationship.


If our mothers are still living it is good to think about this and develop it. If our mothers have died we look back and remember with a sense of pride and wonder.

How is it with you and your mother?

How was it?

How will it be?


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I look forward to hearing from you.


Charles Schuster