The fourth Sunday in Lent, traditionally a day for visiting or giving a present to one's mother.
〈英〉省亲星期日（四旬斋的第四个星期天）
Compare with Mother's Day
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‘Christmas was awful for all of us and we are absolutely dreading Mothering Sunday,’ she said.
Today, Mothering Sunday, is definitely that kind of special day.
A woman has vanished after leaving her family on Mothering Sunday.
Unlike Mothering Sunday, Father's Day (which is next Sunday) has no roots in Britain's history.
For Mothering Sunday I went back to the small town in which I grew up.
On Mothering Sunday the servants would have the day off and were encouraged to return home and spend the day with their mothers.
The first new restaurant in Devizes for some years is due to open its doors later this month, in time for Mothering Sunday.
With Mothering Sunday now less than a week away, local shopkeepers are preparing various displays and an attractive selection of goods to tempt members of the family to show their appreciation.
It was later revealed the woman had been taken out for the evening by her daughter to celebrate Mothering Sunday.
Money raised by the auction, on Mothering Sunday, will go directly to helping children in eastern Europe and Africa.
There's no doubt that Mothering Sunday is a massive commercial success.
A week before her disappearance she had sent her mother a Mothering Sunday card, vowing to change her life.
But, come Mothering Sunday, most mums will be pleased with a card in the post and a phone call, a lunch out with the family or a bunch of well-chosen flowers from the children.
The original idea of Mothering Sunday on the fourth Sunday of Lent is quite charming.
During the 1600s Mothering Sunday became popular in Britain, for the most practical of reasons.
Tomorrow is the feast day of St Piran, the patron saint of Cornwall, and Sunday is Mothering Sunday.
The British Mothering Sunday, an Anglican tradition, was a private activity, observed on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and associated with domestic servants and poor families gathering on a particular day.
Mrs MacBride said there were as many as 26 pedlars operating in the High Street before Christmas and up to ten on a busy Saturday before special occasions, such as Mothering Sunday and Easter.
On Mothering Sunday, the servants were given the day off and encouraged to go spend the day with their mothers.
According to my research, Mothering Sunday was a tradition that began in England in the 1600s to celebrate mothers.