Mother's Day, 2012

This is the first weekend of fishing season, here in Minnesota. I'm not sure why it's synchronized with Mother's Day.

Paraphrasing what C. S. Lewis said about Christmas, Mother's Day is two things:

• A popular holiday
• A commercial racket

Although we have a special set of prayers for Mother's Day, at least in my home parish, today is mostly the Sixth Sunday of Easter.

Not that the Catholic Church doesn't respect mothers: and that's another topic.

I'll be back in about an hour, with a post about being an individual, the common good, and being Catholic.

Vaguely-related posts:

• "My Take on the News: Jingle Bells, Jangled Nerves, and Good Advice"
  (December 16, 2011)
• "Halloween, Emperor Palpatine, Electric Eyeballs, and Getting a Grip"
  (October 29, 2010)
• "Father's Day, 2010"
  (June 20, 2010)
• "Three Things That Go By the Name of Christmas"
  (December 24, 2009)
• "Mother's Day: A Nice Cultural Tradition, and a Quite Catholic Celebration"
  (May 10, 2009)

Background:

• "Regina Caeli - Fifth Sunday of Easter, 9 May 2004"
  Pope John Paul II (May 9, 2004)