One line in Il Divo鈥檚 song 鈥淢ama鈥� always chokes me with emotion. I think of my mother鈥檚 sacrifice and every mother鈥檚 sacrifice. When a baby is born, a mother鈥檚 life is on hold. Everything else takes second place.
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The line that catches me is 鈥淚 know you had dreams鈥�. We all do, but a mother鈥檚 dreams are put on hold for us. And I think of Mary the Mother of Jesus and how she totally gave up everything with her 鈥淵es鈥� to God鈥檚 plan.
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And I think of my Mother and how our dreams became more important to her than her dreams.
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Now imagine God as a Mother and apply the words of Il Divo鈥檚 song 鈥淢ama鈥�. Every line relates to the love God has for us as a Mamma.
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Mama thank you for who I am
There but for the grace of God鈥�鈥═hank you for all the things I'm not
I really didn鈥檛 turn out too badly鈥‵orgive me for the words unsaid
How many times have I not talked to God?鈥‵or the times
I forgot
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Mama remember all my life
God looks at our whole life effort鈥╕ou showed me love, you sacrificed
And sent your Son to save me鈥═hink of those young and early days
God鈥檚 hand and God鈥檚 Angels have always been with me
How I've changed听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听 鈥ˋlong the way (along the way)
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And I know you believed
God has faith in me even when I don鈥檛鈥ˋnd I know you had dreams
God has dreams for us and he gives us dreams鈥ˋnd I'm sorry it took all this time to see鈥═hat I am where I am because of your truth鈥ˋnd I miss you, I miss you
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Mama forgive the times you cried
Especially when your Son died鈥‵orgive me for not making right鈥ˋll of the storms I may have caused鈥ˋnd I've been wrong鈥―ry your eyes (dry your eyes)
God should not have to weep for us
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Mama I hope this makes you smile鈥↖ hope you're happy with my life鈥ˋt peace with every choice I made鈥℉ow I've changed
Along the way鈥ˋnd I know you believed in all of my dreams鈥ˋnd I owe it all to you mama
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And our Heavenly Mother Mary has dreams for us and loves us into perfection. In Pope Saint Pius X鈥檚听(1904) we read:
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The Apostle St John continues: "And, being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered" (Apoc. xii., 2). John therefore saw the Most Holy Mother of God already in eternal happiness, yet travailing in a mysterious childbirth. What birth was it? 鈥�
Surely it was the birth of us who, still in exile, are yet to be generated to the perfect charity of
God, and to eternal happiness. And the birth pains show the love and desire with which the Virgin from heaven above watches over us 鈥�
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Our Mother Mary also has dreams for us and with an agony of love urges us to fullness of life.
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Yes! It is with gratitude we continue living. You and I are God鈥檚 greatest love song. I pray that we may be 鈥渓ove smacked鈥�. God鈥檚 abundance, so evident in nature, is never ending in love for us.
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Thank you to the God who helps us when we cannot help ourselves.
