15/03/2026
A blessing for Mothering Sunday.
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On this Mothering Sunday, we give thanks for all those who have mothered us - birth mothers, adopted mothers, foster mothers, spiritual mothers, honorary mothers, chosen mothers. May they be blessed as they have blessed us.
We also give thanks for those we have had the privilege of mothering - birth children, adopted children, foster children, spiritual children, honorary children, chosen children. May we love them well as you have loved us.
We lift before you those for whom today is difficult, because their experience of mothering or being mothered has not been what they hoped, or because it picks at grief that has not fully healed. May they know your peace and comfort.
We also hold before you those who are mothering in impossible circumstances, through war and poverty and illness and disaster. May they find the strength and help they need to persist.
We remember our Mother Earth, who sustains all of us, even if we do not always steward her well. May we learn to better care for our shared home.
We think too of our Mother Church, those communities that nurtured us in the infancy of our faith, or have become extended families. May they flourish and grow so that others may also know the joy of belonging.
And though we often name you as father, we remember that you are also Mother God, whose body was broken and whose blood was shed to bring us life. May we never forget that we are all your children.
Amen.
