Mother’s Day is hard for so many. It honestly hurts knowing how tender this day is for so many women, bracing themselves to cheer others while grieving their own deep losses. We can’t fix their pain, but we can acknowledge it and pray these prayers for the hurting on Mother’s Day.
Mother’s Day is painful when you’re a single mom or widow. It hurts when you’ve experienced miscarriage or child loss. Mother’s Day is hard when you’ve lost your mom, you’re waiting to be a mom or you’re grieving someone who’s still living.
Mothers should be honored and celebrated. But along with the bouquets and brunches, we can make space for those grieving on Mother’s Day. We’re to weep with those who weep while clinging to the promise that God heals the brokenhearted and binds every wound.
If Mother’s Day is painful for you or someone you love, feel free to save or share these prayers.
Prayers for the Hurting on Mother’s Day
For the single mom on Mother’s Day
Lord, we pray for the mom who’s single parenting on Mother’s Day. You know the wounds that have led her to this place and the grief she carries for a life that feels less than what she wanted for herself and her children. Help her unburden the weight she carries and to come under your perfect yoke as you lead her. Order her steps when she’s overwhelmed by a too-long to-do list and new responsibilities. Give her your wisdom as she makes decisions and clarity for the path ahead. Clothe her with your peace that passes understanding and draw her into a deep relationship where she knows you not only as her Savior but her Friend. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
For the widow on Mother’s Day
Father, we lift up the widow who’s navigating Mother’s Day without her husband. This day is laced with memories of him, the ways they parented together and how he honored her each year. Comfort her and help her hold fast to your promises to be her defender and father to the fatherless. May she have eyes to see your good hand all around her and endurance to build her family with wisdom, continuing the vision she and her beloved began. Strengthen her to lead, serve and love her children well. Lift her head as she trusts her story and her future to you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
For the mom grieving child loss on Mother’s Day
God, we pray for the mom who’s facing one more stark reminder of the loss of her child she dearly loves and dearly misses. You see every tear. Sustain her with your sufficient grace. Wrap her with your deepest comfort. Give her a special, warm memory of her child on this tender day. Draw her to you even as you draw near to her. Surprise her with the joy you’ve promised and give her a sign of your goodness in the midst of this grief. Help her, God, to choose to trust you when her circumstances are screaming different. May she find purpose and healing and honor in you. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
For the one grieving the loss of her mother on Mother’s Day
Lord, we intercede for the one grieving the loss of her mother on Mother’s Day. Comfort her as only you can. Fill the empty spaces of this day and others with your steady love and sustaining grace. Thank you that her tears of sorrow are safe with you. Create in her a heart of gratitude for all that her mother was and for all the fun and funny and ordinary and treasured moments together. Thank you, Lord, for heaven and for hope in grief. Thank you for the beautiful legacy of a beloved mother. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
For the one grieving infertility on Mother’s Day
Father, this day feels like salt in the wounds for the one grieving infertility while the rest of the world celebrates. Surround her with your deep comfort. We weep with those who weep and yet no good thing do you withhold from those who trust you. May she surrender all and trust your timing and your gifts. Thank you for spreading a table of abundance in the wilderness of waiting. Thank you for your faithful love. Thank you that even now your goodness is at work in ways she can’t yet see. You know the way you’re taking her. Help her to see your cords of kindness for her. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
For the one grieving someone still living on Mother’s Day
Dear God, we pray for the one who’s grieving someone who’s still living on this Mother’s Day. Our hearts ache at the brokenness and we come to you, again, persisting in prayer without losing heart for full healing and restoration. Soften hearts and open eyes to truth and mercy. You tell us love covers a multitude of sin and so we posture ourselves under the umbrella of your perfect love. Bring a breakthrough where it seems impossible and full reconciliation. Cover us with your grace and restore the years the locusts have eaten. In Jesus’ name, Amen.