God of compassion,
whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary,
shared the life of a home in Nazareth,
and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself:
strengthen us in our daily living
that in joy and in sorrow
we may know the power of your presence
to bind together and to heal;
through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Exodus 2.1\u201310<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. 2<\/sup>The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him for three months. 3<\/sup>When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him, and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the river. 4<\/sup>His sister stood at a distance, to see what would happen to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5<\/sup>The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river, while her attendants walked beside the river. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her maid to bring it. 6<\/sup>When she opened it, she saw the child. He was crying, and she took pity on him. \u2018This must be one of the Hebrews\u2019 children,\u2019 she said. 7<\/sup>Then his sister said to Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, \u2018Shall I go and get you a nurse from the Hebrew women to nurse the child for you?\u2019 8<\/sup>Pharaoh\u2019s daughter said to her, \u2018Yes.\u2019 So the girl went and called the child\u2019s mother. 9<\/sup>Pharaoh\u2019s daughter said to her, \u2018Take this child and nurse it for me, and I will give you your wages.\u2019 So the woman took the child and nursed it. 10<\/sup>When the child grew up, she brought him to Pharaoh\u2019s daughter, and she took him as her son. She named him Moses, \u2018because\u2019, she said, \u2018I drew him out of the water.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n John 19.25\u201327<\/p>\n\n\n\n 25<\/sup>And that is what the soldiers did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Meanwhile, standing near the cross of Jesus were his mother, and his mother\u2019s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. 26<\/sup>When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing beside her, he said to his mother, \u2018Woman, here is your son.\u2019 27<\/sup>Then he said to the disciple, \u2018Here is your mother.\u2019 And from that hour the disciple took her into his own home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n All collects and readings appointed for this day as well as the orders of Morning Prayer, Evening Prayer and Night Prayer can be found at almanac.oremus.org\/2021-03-14<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sunday 14th March – Mothering Sunday Collect God of compassion,whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary,shared the life of a home in Nazareth,and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself:strengthen us in our daily livingthat in joy and in sorrowwe may know the power of your presenceto bind together and to … <\/p>\nGospel<\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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