My mother, Margaret “Marna” Burke Jones, was born on July 30, 1927. She passed away on June 8, 2013. She gave birth to six children, of which I was the first. She, with my father, Bill, raised us all with love and care; always there for us.
She is buried with my father, in a simple, beautiful cemetery in Peabody, MA.
One of my brothers left flowers at the gravesite for Mom, and took this picture!
In her memory; and for all mothers, living or deceased, I offer this prayer I came across on the Web:
A MOTHER’S DAY PRAYER
I said a Mother’s Day Prayer for you, to thank the Lord above for blessing me with a lifetime of your tender-hearted love. I thank God for the caring you have shown me through the years, for the closeness we have enjoyed, in time of laughter and of tears.
And so, I thank you from the heart, for all you have done for me, and I bless the Lord for giving me the best mother there could ever be!
(Author unknown)
On May 1, in the year 1933, a Socialist group was holding a May Day demonstration in New York City. The Great Depression had the nation in it’s grip. The demonstrators were protesting very strongly against the bankers, and capitalists they blamed for this economic disaster. On the edges of the demonstration, a small group of men and women were selling copies of a newspaper, for a penny. It was “The Catholic Worker,” and it heralded the beginning of a Catholic social movement by the same name. Co-founded by Dorothy Day, a Catholic convert, single mother, reporter, author and socialist; and Peter Maurin, former religious brother, philosopher, and traveling vagabond. They introduced a radical way of living the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Musings From St. Anthony's Walnut Tree 