Mothering Sunday

Mothering Sunday is a festival held in the UK and other countries on the 4th Sunday of Lent. It is often referred to as Mother’s Day, but it should not be confused with Mothers Day, which was established in the USA and is a holiday celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May.

Readings

Exodus 2.1-10 or 1 Samuel 1.20-end.
Psalm 34.11-20 or Psalm 127.1-4
2 Corinthians 1.3-7 or Colossians 3.12-12
Luke 2.33-35 or John 19.25b-27.

Hymns

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God Of Eve And God Of Mary (Stuttgart, Organ, 5 Verses)

God Of Eve And God Of Mary : Lyrics Lyricist: Fred Kaan (1929-2009). We regret that the lyrics cannot be

17th January 2022 77 77 and Refrain / Beautiful Mother / Favorite Catholic Melodies, Boston, 1854 / Hymn / Louis Lambillotte (1796-1855) / Mothering Sunday / Mothers' Day

On This Day O Beautiful Mother (Beautiful Mother, Organ, 2 Verses)

On This Day O Beautiful Mother : Lyrics Refrain: On this day, O beautiful Mother, On this day we give

5th February 2021 76 76 75 75 / Abba Father / Dave Bilbrough (b. 1965) / Hymn / Kingsway's Thankyou Music / Mothering Sunday / Mothers' Day

Dearest Mother May Each Day (Abba Father, Flute and Theodor, 2 Verses)

Please note this hymn uses the same recording as Abba Father Let Me Be. Dearest Mother May Each Day :

12th November 2020 Easter Sunday / Evensong / Feast of St David / Feast of St George - St George's Day / Feast of St Luke The Evangelist / Feast of St Patrick - St Patrick's Day / Harvest Festival / Hymn / LM (88 88) / Morning Prayer / Mothering Sunday / Mothers' Day / Richard Irwin Original / Richard M S Irwin (b. 1955) / Service of Healing / Verna Penn Moll / Year A Easter 3 / Year A Easter 5 / Year A Easter 7 / Year A Thanksgiving Day USA / Year B Lent 5 - Passion Sunday / Year B Thanksgiving Day USA

For Every Blade Of Bright Green Grass (Green Grass, Piano Ensemble, 5 Verses)

For Every Blade Of Bright Green Grass : Recording Tune: Green Grass, composed by Richard M S Irwin (b.1955) Copyright

27th September 2020 98 88 88 8 / Feast Of The Blessed Virgin Mary / Frederick William Faber (1814-1863) / Good Friday / Hymn / Lent / Mater Misericoriae / Mothering Sunday / Mothers' Day

Mother Of Mercy (Mater Misericoriae – 6 Verses) – Organ

Mother Of Mercy : Lyrics 1. Mother of Mercy! day by day My love of thee grows more and more;

8th June 2020 76 77 and Refrain / Easter Sunday / Feast of St David / Feast of St George - St George's Day / Feast of St Patrick - St Patrick's Day / Feast of St Valentine - St Valentine's Day / General / Harvest Festival / Hymn / Morning Prayer / Mothering Sunday / Mothers' Day / Richard Irwin Original / Richard M S Irwin (b. 1955) / Service of Healing / Suzi / Wedding / Year A Easter 3 / Year A Thanksgiving Day USA / Year B Proper 5, Ordinary 10, Trinity 1 / Year B Proper 9, Ordinary 14, Trinity 5 / Year B Thanksgiving Day USA

A Love Song Soothes My Soul So (Suzi, Piano Ensemble, 3 Verses)

A Love Song Soothes My Soul So : Recording The Gardener’s Hymn Dedicated to my sister Suzi Irwin, a dedicated

21st December 2018 87 87 D / Abbot's Leigh / Cyril Vincent Taylor (1907-1991) / Feast Of The Blessed Virgin Mary / George Bourne Timms (1910 - 1997) / Hymn / Mothering Sunday / Oxford University Press / Year A Lent 3 / Year B Proper 14, Ordinary 19, Trinity 10 / Year C Epiphany 4 - Presentation of Christ in the Temple

Sing We Of The Blesséd Mother (Abbot’s Leigh, Organ, 4 Verses)

30th July 2018 77 77 77 / Conrad Kocher (1786-1872) / Dix / Folliot Sandford Pierpoint (1835 - 1917) / For The Beauty Of The Earth / Harvest Festival / Hymn / Lower Key / Mothering Sunday / Mothers' Day / Organ / TBR / William Henry Monk (1823-1889) / Year A Easter 3 / Year A Thanksgiving Day USA / Year B Proper 5, Ordinary 10, Trinity 1 / Year B Thanksgiving Day USA

For The Beauty Of The Earth (Dix, Organ, 5 Verses)

Other settings of For The Beauty Of The Earth. For The Beauty Of The Earth (Dix) : Recordings Tune: Dix composed

30th July 2018 77 77 77 / Folliot Sandford Pierpoint (1835 - 1917) / For The Beauty Of The Earth / Harvest Festival / Heathlands / Henry Thomas Smart (1813-1879) / Hymn / Lower Key / Mothering Sunday / Mothers' Day / Organ / TBR / Thanksgiving Day Canada / Traditional English / Year A Easter 3 / Year A Thanksgiving Day USA / Year B Proper 5, Ordinary 10, Trinity 1 / Year B Thanksgiving Day USA / Year C Proper 17, Ordinary 22, Trinity 11

For The Beauty Of The Earth (Heathlands, Organ, 4 Verses)

Other settings of For The Beauty Of The Earth. For The Beauty Of The Earth : Heathlands Recording Tune: Heathlands, composed

28th March 2018 76 76 676 / Advent / Carols / Descant / Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen / Feast Of The Blessed Virgin Mary / Frater Conradus / Gebetbuchlein des Frater Conradus 1582 / Hymn / Michael Praetorius (1571 – 1621) / Mothering Sunday / Mothers' Day / stephen / Traditional German / Year A Advent 2 / Year B Advent 3 / Year C Advent 1 / Year C Advent 3

I Know A Rose Tree Springing (Es Is Ein Ros Entsprungen, Organ & Trumpet Descant, 3 Verses)

I Know A Rose Tree Springing : Lyrics 1. I know a rose tree springing Forth from an ancient root,