Mother's Day

In the UK and Ireland, there is a celebration called mothering Sunday, which falls on the fourth Sunday of lent. Most historians believe that it originated from the 16th century christian practice of visiting one's mother church annually on Laetere Sunday, which meant that most mothers would be reunited with their children on this day when young apprentices and young women in service were released by their masters that weekend. As a result of commercializition and secularization, it was then principally used to show appreciation to one's mother, although it is still recognized in the historical sense by some churches, with attention paid to Mary the mother of Jesus Christ as well as the traditional concept ''Mother Church''.