Imperfect parents

Some of us have been blessed with great parents, some of us have had parents that were good but not perfect, and some of us have had parents who were absent or abusive.

Today’s first reading (Isaiah 49:8-15) reminds us that no matter how good or bad our lives or our parents have been, we have a Father who loves us perfectly and forever.

Can a mother forget her infant,
be without tenderness for the child of her womb?

Even should she forget,
I will never forget you.