Mother’s day is fast approaching! You’ve already got plans to see your mom, but you’re wondering what else there is to know about mother’s day this year. Well, wonder no more — we’re going to cover all the bases for you in our Ultimate Guide for Mother’s Day 2022.
- When is Mother's Day in 2022?
- What day is Mother's Day in 2022?
- Is Mother's Day the same date every year?
- Why do we celebrate Mother's day?
- Who started Mother's day?
- Why are there 2 Mother’s Day?
- Why does England have a different mother's day?
- How is the date for mother's day decided?
- What does the Bible say about Mother's Day?
When is Mother’s Day in 2022?
It takes a moment of being a mother to make you understand the value of “mother”. For a child, his mother has to always keep herself healthy in order to give him proper care. Thus, the importance of Mother’s Day was initiated for people from all walks of life – to show gratitude and appreciation for our mothers.
Mother’s Day is an observance in many countries across the world, with the first Sunday in May being the traditional day of observance. In the U.S. Mother’s Day is observed on the second Sunday of May, and this year [2022], that date falls on May 8th.
What day is Mother’s Day in 2022?
Mother’s Day falls on a different day each year. In the year 2022, it will fall on Sunday, May 8th.
The date of Mother’s Day changes each year because it always falls on the second Sunday in May. It is always celebrated to honor all mothers, grandmothers, and great-grandmothers for their contributions to society and their families.
It might seem that Mother’s Day is always on the second Sunday of May. But this is not true. In fact, it depends on a number of factors including your location and the date of Easter.
In other countries, such as the UK and Australia, it is celebrated on the fourth Sunday of Lent which falls between March 22 and April 25 each year (inclusive). In Canada, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday in May but some provinces celebrate it on a different day. For example, in Ontario, Canada’s most populous province, Mother’s Day falls on May 8th every year while in Alberta it falls on the first Monday after Labour Day which can be as late as October 11th!
Is Mother’s Day the same date every year?
Yes. Every year, Mother’s Day is celebrated on the second Sunday of May. That is because, unlike Easter, which is a moveable feast, Mother’s Day follows a set calendar date. In fact, in the United States, Mother’s Day has been officially celebrated on the second Sunday of May since 1914.
The history of Mother’s Day dates back to the 1600s. For centuries people in Europe set aside days to honor their mothers and motherhood in general. The United States first observed Mother’s Day in 1907 when Anna Jarvis staged a day honoring her mother at St Andrew’s Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. The celebration involved wearing carnations (her mother’s favorite flower) and writing letters to mothers.
Two years after Anna Jarvis’ celebration of her mother, President Woodrow Wilson made Mother’s Day official by signing a proclamation declaring the second Sunday in May as a national holiday dedicated to American mothers.
Why do we celebrate Mother’s day?
Mother’s Day is an event that every mother looks forward to and enjoys every year, regardless of her age. The day gives us an opportunity to honor our mothers and let them know how much they mean to us and what a good job they’ve done in raising us.
The idea of celebrating motherhood is related to the ancient Greek spring celebrations for Cybele, a mother goddess. Later, motherhood was also tied to Rhea, the wife of Chronus and the mother of many deities in Greek mythology.
Early Christians celebrated a Mother’s Festival, honoring Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ. In England, this festival was called Mothering Sunday. The event is no longer religious and thus has lost its pious aspects. Its sole focus is now on mothers and motherhood.
Who started Mother’s day?
Anna Jarvis was the daughter of a woman who had organized women’s groups to promote friendship and health. Jarvis held a memorial service at her late mother’s church in Grafton, West Virginia on May 12, 1907.
The modern holiday is traced back to the church service in 1907 that Anna Jarvis organized at the Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church in Grafton, West Virginia. That church now holds the International Mother’s Day Shrine. Jarvis began her campaign to make Mother’s Day a recognized holiday in the United States after her mother, Ann Reeves Jarvis, died in 1905.
Anna Jarvis was a Virginia-born peace activist who created Mother’s Day Work Clubs to address public health issues, and before her death in 1905 she had been urging for the creation of a “Mother’s Day For Peace” where mothers would ask that their husbands and sons were no longer killed in wars.
The Mother’s Day Proclamation, written by Ward Howe in 1870, called upon mothers of all nationalities to band together to promote the “amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general interests of peace.” Anna Jarvis wanted to honor this call to action and set aside a day to honor all mothers because she believed a mother is “the person who has done more for you than anyone in the world”.
Why are there 2 Mother’s Day?
The common impression is that Mother’s Day in the United States was created by the greeting card industry. But this is an urban myth with no basis in fact.
The truth is that Mother’s Day was created by the founder of a religious denomination in the late 1800s and has since been adopted by many different denominations, including Catholics, Methodists, Lutherans, and Baptists.
The first observance of Mother’s Day was held on May 10, 1908 at Andrew Methodist Church in Grafton, West Virginia. Today it is celebrated on different days throughout the world and although it resembles Valentine’s Day, it is not connected with commercialism or consumerism. Mother’s day in the United States is going to be celebrated on May 8, 2022 (Sunday).
Mother’s Day in the UK, like America and many other countries around the world, is a day to celebrate motherhood. It’s a day to show your appreciation towards your mother or step-mother and to say thank you for all she has done for you! Mothering Sunday is held on the fourth Sunday of Lent which falls anywhere between 1 March and 31 April each year. For this year, Mothering Sunday in the United Kingdom was celebrated last March 27, 2022 (Sunday).
Why does England have a different mother’s day?
The UK has a different date than the USA because the date of Mother’s Day in the UK is connected to Easter, which changes every year. The UK, Ireland, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man and Nigeria all have the same date for Mother’s Day.
Whit Sunday was originally a religious holiday that fell on the seventh Sunday after Easter. It was changed to Mothering Sunday by Simon de Montfort in 1264. He made it so that people would return to their mother church once a year. Later on it became a custom for domestic servants to return home to their mother church and spend time with their mothers on this day. This tradition also included giving your mom flowers and a cake! Over time the day came to be referred to as Mothering Sunday rather than Whit Sunday.
Mothering Sunday eventually fell out of popularity but it was revived during World War II when American soldiers brought over their tradition of celebrating Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May. This new version of Mothering Sunday started being celebrated as well in England and grew in popularity until it became what we know as Mother’s Day today.
How is the date for mother’s day decided?
The answer is to be found in the history of Mother’s Day. The modern holiday began as a tribute to peace and was hijacked by the card industry.
In 1870, after the American Civil War, Julia Ward Howe called for a “Mother’s Day for Peace”. She wanted it to be celebrated on June 2nd. She believed that mothers would oppose war if they were given a special day to voice this opposition. She wrote a Mother’s Day Proclamation and asked mothers across America to come together in unity against war.
But her idea did not take off in this form. It was revived more than 20 years later by Anna Jarvis, who wanted to create a national day to honor her late mother (who had been an activist for peace herself).
Anna campaigned for her mother’s cause, and on May 8th, 1914, President Woodrow Wilson signed a law declaring the second Sunday in May National Mother’s Day.
Many countries have now adopted the custom of celebrating Mother’s Day on the second Sunday in May. But some use different dates: Norway on February 14th, Thailand on August 12th, and Kenya on March 21st.
Other countries, including Brazil, Venezuela, Vietnam, Uruguay, Bhutan, Croatia, Cuba, Belgium, and Canada, also celebrate on the second Sunday of May.
What does the Bible say about Mother’s Day?
A mother is a special woman—a woman who, in many ways, makes the world go around. Indeed, the Bible refers to her as a “woman of valor.” The following are some of the many factors that define a great mother:
Women who are good mothers will spend their lives committed to raising their children well. They won’t allow anything or anyone to interfere with family life. These women will be committed to their husbands and to their children. The Bible says in Proverbs 31:11-12, “The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life” (RSV).
A good mother will teach her children about life, love, and anything else that is important in their lives. She will rectify any wrongs they may commit and will always be there for them. A good mother loves her children unconditionally even after they are grown up, which is the kind of love she has for them and the kind of love we can all wish for from a mother. Proverbs 22:6 (RSV) tells us “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it” (RSV).
The Bible encourages its followers to honor and love their mothers. An example of this can be seen in Exodus 20:12, which tells believers to “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be extended upon the land which the Lord your God is giving you.”
And we can also refer to the Bible’s passage on respecting one’s parents: Leviticus 19:3, “Every one of you shall reverence his mother and his father” Also, Ephesians 6:2-3 says “Honour your father and mother: which is the first commandment with promise; That it may be well with you, and you may live long on the earth.”
Mother’s Day is a day of celebration, appreciation, and gratitude. This day is celebrated on different days of the year in different countries around the world, but the theme is the same everywhere – to show our moms our love by giving them gifts or flowers. Happy Mother’s day!
