Tribute to single mothers

(Audio: Spanish)

SUMMARY: Dr. Roberto Miranda delivered a sermon on Mother's Day, addressing the challenges faced by single mothers in the Latino community. He acknowledged their bravery, hard work, and persistence in the face of overwhelming challenges, and recognized them as valuable resources for the church when provided with the necessary support and resources. He also called for education and counseling programs for youth, particularly young men, to prevent harmful behavior and promote healthy sexuality. Overall, he blessed and honored all mothers and recognized their important role in the church and community.

I was thinking this morning as we blessed the mothers, and even today when I saw that beautiful group of women come forward here, I thought about how the sisters bless our Church, bless our community, and I also thought about a sector of our church that It has been such a blessing to me over the years and it is these mothers that we sometimes call single mothers.

But they are not necessarily and only single mothers because many of them have been married and perhaps for one reason or another their marriage was fragmented, some are mothers who had their children at another stage of their lives and do not have a husband, a husband but that in any case they are those hard-working and courageous women of our church who are moms, dads, providers of their houses, tutors, sometimes they are warriors for their children and they say to the devil: "You are not going to pass". Sometimes they are warriors who fight with their children and tell them, "You're not going to get out of here." But whatever they are are women who bless us with their spiritual endowment and blessing.