Glory to God ‎#7

7. Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth

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Text Information

• First Line: Mothering God, you gave me birth
• Title: Mothering God, You Gave Me Birth
• Author: Jean Janzen (1991)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Genesis 1:1-5
  ;
  Matthew 26:26-29
  ;
  Mark 14:22-25
  ;
  Luke 22:15-20
  ;
  Ephesians 3:16-21
• Topic: Christian Year: Trinity; Creation; Love of God for Us; The Triune God
• Copyright: © 1991 Jean Janzen
• CCLI Number: 3411430

Tune Information

• Name: NORWICH
• Composer: Carolyn Jennings (1995)
• Meter: LM
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: © 1995 Augsburg Fortress
• Notes: (alternate tune: MARYTON)

Text Information:

As the tune name hints, this text is derived from images in the writings of the English medieval mystic, Julian of Norwich. In 1393 she wrote down an account of her sixteen remarkable visions experienced twenty years earlier; they formed the basis of her theology of God’s love.