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Lent 4

Mothering Sunday readings:
Luke 2 verses 33-35

³³ The child’s father and mother marvelled at what was said about him. ³⁴ Then Simeon blessed them and said to Mary, his mother: "This child is destined to cause the falling and rising of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against, ³⁵ so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed. And a sword will pierce your own soul too." (NIV)

OR
John 19 verses 25-27

²⁵ Near the cross of Jesus stood his mother, his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. ²⁶ When Jesus saw his mother there, and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, "Dear woman, here is your son," ²⁷ and to the disciple, "Here is your mother." From that time on, this disciple took her into his home. (NIV)

If you’re not observing Mothering Sunday the reading for Lent 4 is John 3 verses 14-21, to which the discussion and prayer material also relate.

DIOCESE OF
ST EDMUNDSBURY
AND IPSWICH

Talk about...

1. How have you given or received love this week?
2. When have you felt the costliness of love, as a son or daughter, or maybe as a parent?
3. How does Jesus’s death on the cross bring us new life?

Pray for...

1. Mothers, and all women, men and children who have a mothering role.
2. People suffering the pain of damaged relationships, or bereavement.
3. Christian communities, to be places where all loving relationships are affirmed and nourished.