Father's Day

According to the calendar, Father’s Day is on June 19, 2022. Why do we celebrate certain significant days in our life such as Mother’s Day and Father’s Day? Every significant day has its own history, and truth. Since we are getting ready to celebrate Father's Day let me share a piece of the history of Father’s Day.

According to history, a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd is the founder of Father’s Day. She lost her mother during the birth of her sixth sibling, and she was taken care of by her widowed father. So, she decided that since Mother’s Day was established in 1908, there should be an equivalent holiday for remembering fathers. Her first step was visiting local Churches then she worked with YMCA as well as government officials to get support and approval for Father’s Day. As a result of her hard work Sonora found success and the celebration of Father’s Day was established on June 19, 1910, at Washington.

What is the Significance of Celebrating Father’s Day Today?

The above-mentioned emotional attachment is an eyeopener for today. As the world is growing with advanced technology, our relationships with family, society, and church have also become automated. We are becoming a society with a culture of usage. If my father becomes a burden for my culture, he would be thrown as an object somewhere. In the book of Sirach 3: 8, “Honor your father in everything you do and say, so that you may receive his blessings”. We should keep these words in our mind as mediation, everyone should decide to rejoice on this year’s Father's Day. Is it simply greeting with cards? Do we take them to restaurants? Give them a day to spend on the golf course? Do we purchase a special gift for them? OR are you ready to be a special gift in their lives forever?