Mothering Sunday, Post Communion (Children's Reboot)

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Thank you God

that you comfort us, love us,

and give us strength in our bodies.

This reminds of us how a

baby gets comfort, love and strength

from the milk it is given.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.74 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 35.61 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a reboot.

The Mothering Sunday Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012 and the first phase concludes in 2016.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Mothering Sunday, Collect (Children's Reboot)

Loving God,

thank you for all the people

who mother us:

carers, friends, relations,

mums, dads and teachers!

Thank you that

you mother us as well.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.74 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 35.61 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a reboot.

The Mothering Sunday Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project runs from Advent 2012 to Advent 2013.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Mothering Sunday, Post Communion (Redub)

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Nurturing God,

as a baby is fed at a mother's breast,

so we are nourished with bread and wine.

Just as you sustain us with your love,

gift us with the desire to

nurture your world and feed the hungry.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 8.0 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 21.01 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

The Mothering Sunday Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012 and the first phase concludes in 2016.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Mothering Sunday, Additional Collect (Redub)

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God of love,

your bond with us is

like a mother's with her child.

Jesus, like a mother, you

gather your children together.

Inspire us, by your Spirit,

to bring your love to birth

in our world.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.01 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 13.48 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

The Mothering Sunday Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012 and the first phase concludes in 2016.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Mothering Sunday, Collect (Redub)

God of all generations,

you have mothered the earth

and the peoples of the earth.

In Jesus, you grew in Mary's womb.

You have been mothered too.

Deepen our appreciation of

human and heavenly mothering.

Amen.

The Gunning Fog readability index suggests 6.93 years of formal education is required to understand this prayer on a first reading, the Common Worship prayer requires 35.61 years.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

The Mothering Sunday Collection of 5 prayers is here.

You can also look at the full Index of Prayers.

The project began Advent 2012 and the first phase concludes in 2016.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the link to my blog would be much appreciated.

Mothering Sunday Collection (Redub / Reboot)

Here are the links to my five new Collects and Post Communions for Mothering Sunday (the alternative Sunday prayers for the week of the Fourth Sunday of Lent for which I've also written new prayers).

Collect (Redub);

Additional Collect (Redub);

Post Communion (Redub);

Collect (Children's Reboot);

Post Communion (Children's Reboot).

The project began in Advent 2012 and the first phase will conclude in 2016.

Here's a full Index of Prayers that I've written.

Here's the information on how this prayer is a redub.

Here's the information on how a prayer is a reboot.

If you want to use the prayers, an acknowledgement of myself as author and, if there's space, the link to my blog would be much appreciated.