Bond between mother and son ever present

Virgo Maria, Ora Pro Nobis, Thomas Moore's column for Spirituality and Health (September - October 2005) is available now in the site's Archive section. In this column, Moore talks about his relationship with his mother who died two years ago:

"I believe that my mother had an intelligence about spiritual matters that was grounded in her experience. In my shift toward old age, I intend to look carefully at the lessons she taught me and appreciate her kind of sophistication."

Moore says that his connection with his mother has intensified since her death and that, perhaps, by honouring the dead, we may expand our compassion for the living.