- Refreshment Sunday
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b) Mothering Sunday; a day in honor of mothers and/or ones mother church, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland
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Refreshment Sunday — is the fourth Sunday in Lent, also called Mothering Sunday, Mother s Day, Rose Sunday, and Laetare Sunday. The name Refreshment Sunday refers to the relaxation or breaking of one s Lenten fast on this day.Some traditions, notably those who also… … Wikipedia
refreshment sunday — noun Usage: usually capitalized R&S Etymology: probably so called because the gospel for the day relates the miracle of feeding the five thousand (Jn 6:1 14) : mid lent sunday * * * Refreshment Sunday or Refection Sunday noun The fourth Sunday in … Useful english dictionary
Refreshment Sunday — The Fourth Sunday in Lent is so called from the Gospel for the day, which relates the feeding of the five thousand by our Lord in the wilderness. As the late Bishop Coxe pointed out in his Thoughts on the Services, having thus far (in the… … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
refreshment Sunday — Отдохновения Воскресенье … Вестминстерский словарь теологических терминов
Mothering Sunday — Not to be confused with Mother s Day. Gregorian dates for Mothering Sunday 2004 21 March 2005 6 March 2006 26 March 2007 18 March 2008 2 March 2009 22 March 2010 14 March 2011 3 April 2012 18 March 2013 … Wikipedia
refection sunday — noun Usage: usually capitalized R&S Etymology: probably so called because the gospel for the day relates the miracle of feeding the five thousand (Jn 6: 1 14) : mid lent sunday * * * Refection Sunday noun Refreshment Sunday • • • Main Entry:… … Useful english dictionary
Laetare Sunday — (often pronEng|leɪˈtɑri in English), so called from the incipit of the Introit at Mass, Laetare Jerusalem ( O be joyful, Jerusalem ), is a name often used to denote the fourth Sunday of the season of Lent in the Christian liturgical calendar.… … Wikipedia
Laetare Sunday — • The fourth, or middle, Sunday of Lent, so called from the first words of the Introit at Mass Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Laetare Sunday Laetare Sunday … Catholic encyclopedia
Mothering Sunday — noun A day in honor of mothers and/or ones mother church, which falls on the fourth Sunday of Lent, exactly three weeks before Easter Sunday, especially in the United Kingdom and Ireland; compare a mothering Syn: MidLent Sunday, Mid Lent Sunday,… … Wiktionary
Fourth Sunday in Lent — The Sundays in Lent are numbered. First, Second, Third, etc., through the six Sundays. But the last three Sundays are so striking in their teaching that additional names are given to them in order to emphasize that special teaching. Thus the… … American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia
