Filipinos should remember and appreciate the sacrifices of their mothers as the nation celebrates Mother’s Day today, a Catholic prelate said yesterday.
“As we celebrate Mother’s Day, let us remember with gratitude and with appreciative heart the sacrifices and services of our mothers,” said Balanga, Bataan Bishop Ruperto Santos, chairman of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines- Episcopal Commission on Migrants and Itinerant People.
“We thank God for giving us mothers. What we are now is because of their love for us,” he added.
Santos urged the public to thank and pray for their mothers, especially those who work abroad.
“We pray for them especially the mothers who are overseas Filipino workers for their safety, security, and sound health,” the prelate said.
Santos also urged Filipinos to exercise their right to vote on May 13 as this will make their mothers proud of them.
“As we are going to vote after Mother’s Day, let us cast our vote which will make our mothers happy and proud of us,” said the prelate.
“So like our mothers we do all with sincerity, at the service of what and whom we love, and for safety of all the families,” he added. (Analou de Vera)