Mother's Day dates back to ancient cultures in Greece and
Rome. In both cultures, mother goddesses (Queen of Heaven). were worshipped
during the springtime with religious festivals. The ancient Greeks paid tribute
to the powerful goddess Rhea, the wife of Cronus, known as the Mother of the
Gods (Queen of Heaven).
Similarly, evidence of a three-day Roman festival in
Mid-March called Hilaria, to honor the Roman goddess Magna Mater, or Great
Mother, dates back to 250 BCE.
As Christianity spread throughout Europe, the celebration of
the "Mother Church" replaced the pagan tradition of honoring
mythological goddesses. The fourth Sunday in Lent (Weeping for Tammuz), a
40-day fasting period before Easter, became known as Mothering Sunday.
To show appreciation for their mothers, they often brought
gifts or a "mothering cake" (Jeremiah 7:18) and over time, it began
to coincide with the celebration of the Mother Church.
Mother's Day always falls on the second Sun-day of May, and
like so many other holidays rooted in pagan sun-worship including Father's Day
which always falls on the third Sun-day of June, usually fall on the day named
in honor of their most powerful god -- The Sun!
You already know that I am not for following Paganism.
Manyof the modern Holidays have Pagan roots and are attached to some false god.
Many of the rituals on these Holidays are forbidden in the torah and yet we as
believers continue to do them. We need to check ourself if we are so in love
with the world that we will go against the scriptures just to enjoy a Pagan
Holiday.
So see as far as the
other rituals that many do on that day, like going out to dinner, giving gifts
that's a different story. I would maybe give her a gift earlier or on a
different day, the same with dinner. I loved my mother, but I love Yah more!
Did you know that many of these Holidays were introduced to
us through the Roman Catholic Church? All they had to do was add a dab of Jesus
to it, and that's all it took.