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Show 'fi'r inlif " POi? iHeAjMy -yonvave me, the bone and the sinew, the heart and S 8 ti1 the jjsain'hi'are yours, my mother, I thank you. I thank you i Elortfrln my eyes, the blood in my veins, for my speech, for tESJjgliyi my MMprNnybeing. All that I am is from you who bore me. For all the lovethiyouave me, unmeasured from the beginning, my mother, I thank you Mnank ybufor the hand that led me, the voice that directed me, the breast teatst arm that shielded me, the lap that rested me. All that I, am ibyuYoo nursed me. For your smile inifw morningad youbkiss at night, my mother, I thank ycKi- I thank you fortne tearyou shovej me, the songs you sung to me, the prayers that you said fmWfbr yourvigils and ministerings. All that I am is by you who reareajnel For the faith you haaJjtine, pit hope you had for me, for your trust and . your pride, my mother, I thank you. I thardVyoVfor your praise and your chiding, for the justice youbred into mearldlme honor you made mine. All that I am you taught me. For the sore travail that rmuseayouylor thejpsions and despairs, my mother, forgive me. Forgive me the, penll'bpilgntyou to, the sobs and moans I wrung from you, and for the strength rtook from you, mother, forgive me. For the fears I gave you, for the alarms and the dreads, my mother, forgive for-give me. Forgive me the joys I deprived you, the toils I made for you, for the hours, the days and the years I claimed from you, mother, forgive me. For the times that I hurt you, the times I had no smile for you, the caresses I did not give you, my mother, forgive me. Forgive me for my angers and my revolts, for my deceits and evasions, for all the pangs and sorrows I brought to you, my mother, forgive me. For your lessons I did not learn, for your wishes I did not heed, for the counsels I did not obey, my mother, forgive me. Forgive me my pride in my youth and my glory in my strength that forgot the holiness of your years and the veneration of your weakness, for my neglect, for my selfishness, for all the great debts of your love that I have not paid, mother, sweet mother, forgive me. And may the peace and the joy that passeth all understanding be yours, my mother, forever and ever. Amen. fly? J J )lLLON |