Mid-Lent Sunday
In Britain, the fourth Sunday of Lent (Mid-Lent) was known as Mothering Sunday. Originally, it was a time for visiting one's ‘mother church' – the church in the town where one hailed from, and people would travel back home to attend – but gradually came to be a day for honouring one’s mother and giving her gifts. Thus, it is the progenitor of today’s Mothers' Day.