Based on the story of Mary and Elizabeth (Luke 1:26-28)

Luke 1:26-28

Common English Bible (The story of Mary and Elizabeth)

26 When Elizabeth was six months pregnant, God sent the angel Gabriel to Nazareth, a city in Galilee, 27 to a virgin who was engaged to a man named Joseph, a descendant of David’s house. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 When the angel came to her, he said, “Rejoice, favored one! The Lord is with you!”

Thank God for Mothers

Old and yet by God’s design, a mother she would be.

Young and never having tried, a mother she would be.

By voice, by blood, by choice, or by birth our mothers have children on God’s green earth.

Thank God for mothers seen and unseen and mothers that soon will be.

This liturgical resources was written for a project through Discipleship Ministries of The United Methodist Church. I was invited to write this content for Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary as one of a group of "Millennial/Centennial Voices from the Africana Diaspora." While provided to UMC Discipleship in 2023, this reading is one originally written in 2017 and specificaly for Mother's Day.