See the lectionary based hymns on the Worship Calendar
Please also see: Alternative Mothering Sunday resources and additional hymns for those who experience loss.
Best of all is God is with us (StF 610)*He’s got the whole world in his hand (StF 536)
God of Eve and God of Mary (StF 119)Lord, in our lonely hours (StF 616)Tell out, my soul, the greatness of the Lord! (StF 186)
God, beyond our dreams, you have stirred in us a memory (StF 496)*Sing praise to God who reigns above (StF 117)
Sacred the body God has created (StF 618)
Earth’s creator, everyday God (StF 45)*He’s got the whole world in his hand (StF 536)Lord, I come before your throne of grace (StF 58)*Sing praise to God who reigns above (StF 117)We turn to God when we are sorely pressed (StF 640)
All praise to our redeeming Lord (StF 608)As we gather in your presence now (StF 609)*God grant us words to speak (StF 647)God with us: Creator, Father (StF 8)May the mind of Christ my Saviour (StF 504)
Eternal God, you love’s tremendous glory (StF 3)Father I place into your hands the things I cannot do (StF 519)For the beauty of the earth (StF102)Lord Jesus Christ, you have come to us (StF 594)Mary and Joseph came to the Temple (StF 229)*Remembering Mary (website only)*Through long years of watchful waiting (StF 232)*We gladly celebrate and praise (StF 120)
(Also see our notes on the festival of Candlemas, which marks the bringing of Jesus to the temple for baptism.)
*God grant us words to speak (StF 647)*Remembering Mary (website only)*Through long years of watchful waiting (StF 232)*We gladly celebrate and praise (StF 120)