Blessed Mother’s Day to our mothers gifted with a child(ren) through physical birth, adoption or those who are mothers-at-heart! What a virtue mothers have as they nurture lambs to follow the Lamb of God and serve as God-pleasing Christian role models to lead others to Jesus!
In fact, Christian mothers can be a visible representative of our risen and ascended Savior. Today’s gospel reviews Jesus’ conversation with His disciples on Maundy Thursday evening, revealing how He would be betrayed and handed over to be crucified. Jesus’ death would create a “temporary” absence until His resurrection.
But we remember, too, that Jesus would remove His visible presence from us at His ascension—occurring forty days after His resurrection. Since Jesus would be with His disciples “only a little while longer” (John 13:33), He left them and us comforting promises as we remain on this earth to carry out His gospel work while awaiting His return.