AOC Sunday Report - Fourth Sunday after Easter and Mothers Day

Happy Mothers Day and Fourth Sunday after Easter.   The AOC Sunday Report can be downloaded RIGHT HERE!

There are really great sermons from Bishops Jerry and Roy, as well as Revs Jack and Bryan.  Pretty much like every Sunday they are amazingly good and amazingly different.

There are always a lot of people who need your prayer, this is no exception.  Please take the time, start with Bill's family, Bob and Shamu and work out from there.

On Mothers

On this Mother’s Day, it is very easy for us to look back at our mother’s life and think of all the things we like about our mother.  We like, it is all about our mother and what she did for us.  The pivotal thought seems to be us.  It is not about us, our / us is merely an adjective to describe a particular mother.  For motherhood is about self-sacrifice.  Putting the child’s welfare above that of the mother.

The love of the mother for her children comes with a price; yet the price paid is not without return.   The last words of almost all soldiers who die in battle are either “Mom” or “Jesus.”  There is a lesson all in of itself.

What did your mom choose?  An extra child or an extra home or trailer?  Your schooling, or her vacation without you?  Dental work for you or a new car for her?  Shoes for you or a fancy dress for her?

Jesus commanded us to follow Him, He who put our lives before His.  Who on this earth does this more consistently than mothers?

Saint James tells us in his Epistle, “Be ye doers of the word and not hearers only.” Who on this earth does this more consistently than mothers?

As Christians we need to uphold and recognize the example of sacrifice in motherhood so we might understand the sacrifice made by God on our behalf in Jesus’ death for our sin.

There is an amazing week ahead, with all the noise of the world, you will not come close to finding it without the help of the Holy Ghost.

Godspeed,

Hap

Church of the Faithful Centurion

Descanso, California 

United States of America