The second Sunday in May is dedicated, in some parts of the world, to Mothers, and although the day is not universally recognized, the blessings of motherhood are known everywhere as a glimpse of the sacred. Below are sayings from Gayan – Vadan – Nirtan that might be appropriate on this day.

Love is the Divine Mother’s arms;
and when those arms are outspread,
every soul falls into them.

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The mother was the stepping-stone of Jesus
to Christhood.

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Thy divine compassion radiates in fullness
through the heart of the mother.

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Mother’s arms receive me
when I come to the earth;
Father’s arms lift me up
at the moment when I depart hence.