Post by morningstar on May 11, 2014 15:16:42 GMT
Here's an interesting article on how Mother's day came about. I don't know if this is celebrated in other countries, but I liked the original meaning of it.
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Is Mother's Day a Christian Holiday?
Happy Mother’s Day
MadonnaChildLambMany people see Mother’s Day as a secular holiday, designed by the greeting card industry, promoted by restaurants, beloved by florists. Some clergy agree, objecting to the commercialism of the holiday. Does Mother’s Day have religious meaning? If so what is it? Just consider the witness of its founder, Anna Jarvis.
The religious and deeply Christian origins of Mother’s Day reflect the faith of the woman credited as its founder, Anna Jarvis. The Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, is called “the Mothers Day Church” because Anna Jarvis was active there; her former home in Grafton is a national landmark. Anna Jarvis was inspired by her mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis who organized “Mothers’ Work Day Clubs” in the 1850′s in the area. The clubs provided medicines for the poor, inspected milk for children, provided nursing care for the sick, and shelters for children with tuberculosis.
When the Civil War broke out she called together several of her clubs and asked them to make a pledge that friendship and good will would not be a casualty of the war. In a remarkable display of courage and compassion the women nursed soldiers from both sides and saved many lives.
A peacemaker who healed the wounds of war. Anna Reeves Jarvis became a genuine peace maker after the war. The wounds and animosity between families who fought on either side were deep. So Anna organized “Mothers’ Friendship Days” to bring together families across the Mason Dixon line.
Anna Jarvis was born in 1850 and was an impressionable child and teenager when her mother was at the peak of her courageous work. In 1907, two years after her mother’s death, she organized the first “mothers’ day” in Grafton so that the work of peacemaking and the war against poverty which her mother waged would not be forgotten.
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.” By then it had become customary to wear white carnations to honor departed mothers and red to honor the living, a custom that continues to this day.
Jesus showed us the love He had for His mother and made sure that she would be cared for. John 19:26-27 ”When Jesus saw His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.”
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Bible Prophecy Tracker
Is Mother's Day a Christian Holiday?
Happy Mother’s Day
MadonnaChildLambMany people see Mother’s Day as a secular holiday, designed by the greeting card industry, promoted by restaurants, beloved by florists. Some clergy agree, objecting to the commercialism of the holiday. Does Mother’s Day have religious meaning? If so what is it? Just consider the witness of its founder, Anna Jarvis.
The religious and deeply Christian origins of Mother’s Day reflect the faith of the woman credited as its founder, Anna Jarvis. The Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia, is called “the Mothers Day Church” because Anna Jarvis was active there; her former home in Grafton is a national landmark. Anna Jarvis was inspired by her mother, Anna Reeves Jarvis who organized “Mothers’ Work Day Clubs” in the 1850′s in the area. The clubs provided medicines for the poor, inspected milk for children, provided nursing care for the sick, and shelters for children with tuberculosis.
When the Civil War broke out she called together several of her clubs and asked them to make a pledge that friendship and good will would not be a casualty of the war. In a remarkable display of courage and compassion the women nursed soldiers from both sides and saved many lives.
A peacemaker who healed the wounds of war. Anna Reeves Jarvis became a genuine peace maker after the war. The wounds and animosity between families who fought on either side were deep. So Anna organized “Mothers’ Friendship Days” to bring together families across the Mason Dixon line.
Anna Jarvis was born in 1850 and was an impressionable child and teenager when her mother was at the peak of her courageous work. In 1907, two years after her mother’s death, she organized the first “mothers’ day” in Grafton so that the work of peacemaking and the war against poverty which her mother waged would not be forgotten.
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.” By then it had become customary to wear white carnations to honor departed mothers and red to honor the living, a custom that continues to this day.
Jesus showed us the love He had for His mother and made sure that she would be cared for. John 19:26-27 ”When Jesus saw His mother there, and the disciple whom He loved standing nearby, He said to her, “Woman, here is your son,” and to the disciple, “Here is your mother.” From that time on, this disciple took her into his home.”
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