Mother's Day

Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a time to recognize and honor the mothers in your life: birth mothers, step-mothers, mother-in-law, grandmothers and spiritual mothers. Traditional ways to celebrate Mother’s Day are to take mothers out to dinner, honor them with cards, flowers, or candy. Mother’s Day occurs each year on the second Sunday of May in most countries, including the United States, Canada, much of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, Africa, and India. In the UK and Ireland, however, it occurs on the fourth Sunday in Lent, and most Arab countries celebrate it at the Spring Equinox in March.

Mother’s Day is a global holiday that takes place on different days in spring depending on where you live. In most countries, Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May.

Legend

Mother’s Day which was known as Mothering Day in the U.K. can be traced back to ancient pagan practices. It has gone through a lot of changes and names to get to what we know today. The history of Mother’s Day can be traced back to celebrations of ancient Greece in honor of Rhea, the mother of the Gods. During the 1600s, the early Christians in England celebrated a day to honor Mary, the mother of Christ. By a religious order, the holiday was later expanded to include all mothers. Mother’s Day occurs in the U.S. once a year on the second Sunday of May, while Mothering Day in the U.K. is celebrated the fourth Sunday of Lent.

Anna M. Jarvis (1864-1948) first suggested the national observance of an annual day honoring all mothers because she had loved her own mother so dearly. At a memorial service for her mother on May 10, 1908, Miss Jarvis gave a carnation (her mother’s favorite flower) to each person who attended. Within the next few years, the idea of a day to honor mothers gained popularity, and Mother’s Day was observed in a number of large cities in the U.S. On May 9, 1914, by an act of Congress, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May as Mother’s Day. He established the day as a time for “public expression of our love and reverence for the mothers of our country.”

Significance of Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is celebrated with lot of enthusiasm across the globe. All over the world people love to celebrate Mother’s Day with their mothers and shower love on them. Mother’s Day is the perfect day to celebrate the joys of having a mother. Not only can we honor the grandmothers, mothers, and mother-in-law, but also note the importance of spiritual mothers. Many take this opportunity to show their love for their mother by presenting her with flowers, gifts etc. Some take time to spend the entire day with their mother and do all the things that would make her happy.

Ways to celebrate Mother’s Day spiritually

As Mother Earth: Many Native Americans have worshipped the Good Earth as the mother who gave us birth and still takes care of us. This would be a best time to follow up with a concrete act to support the Earth, such as helping to clean up or protect an area of your environment.

Addressing Goddess as Mother: Sri Ramakrishna, the great Hindu spiritual sage, wrote: “Why does the God-lover find such ecstatic delight in addressing the Deity as Mother? Because the child is more free with the mother than with anybody else, and consequently she is dearer to it than anybody else.” This would also be a best time to thank the Goddess for being a mother to us and yearning to be dearer to her.

To be a Spiritual Mother: Mothering means nurturing. The mother’s heart is the child’s schoolroom. Share some important spiritual lessons from your heart to your children and to others looking upon them as your children. The Bible provides us with exceptional models of the ideal mother. One of the most prominent is in Proverbs 31:10–30. Mothers care for their families by emotionally, spiritually, and physically providing for them. In the body of Christ, we are surrounded by women who pour wisdom and love into our lives and devote their own time and finances to care for us. These are our spiritual mothers.

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