would have given Mary on Mother’s Day? A breakfast of baked bread and fruit? A raised bed or a bouquet of wildflowers, like lilies of the field (Anemone coronaria) that Jesus referred to?

Sunday, Jan. 1, is the Octave Day of Christmas, Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. Mass readings: Numbers 6:22-27; Psalm 67:2-3, 5, 6, 8; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21.