Sunday

Sunday is the first day of the week in the Gregorian Calendar. The name comes from the Latin dies solis or day of the sun.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=sunday&searchmode=none Also known as the Lord's Day, it is considered the Sabbath by many Christians, although many groups still keep the Sabbath on Saturday. In antiuqity, Sunday was the day the sun-god Mithras was worshiped.http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/holidaysfestivals/a/solsticeceleb_4.htm

It was not until around the year 1410 that Sunday began to be accepted as a sabbath, and was not widely recognized as such until the Reformation.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=sunday&searchmode=none Many people and even religious groups, including some Christians, do not recognize the change of the sabbath, citing the fact that there is no Biblical basis for doing so.http://yahweh.com/Booklets/Sabbath/Sabbath.htm It was the Catholic Church which instituted Sunday worship as an edict for the church instead of the keeping of the Saturday sabbath and freely admits doing so, explaining its view that the Pope has the power to do this because his power comes from God, therefore giving him the power to alter and change divine laws.http://yahweh.com/Booklets/Sabbath/Sabbath.htm

Holidays:

• Easter is a Christian holiday which signifies the Resurrection of Christ from the grave he had been buried in after His death on the cross.http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=easter&searchmode=none

• Mother's Day is a day set aside to honor moms and was first recognized May 9, 1908http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=mothers+day&searchmode=none

• Father's Day is a day for dads, President Lyndon Johnson signed a presidential proclamation that the 3rd Sunday of June would be Fathers’ day in 1966, but it was President Nixon that actually signed the law in 1972.http://wilstar.com/holidays/fathers.htm#HISTORY

Events:

• The Super Bowl to some is more then a football game and many would like to see the day after turned into a national holiday.http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/id/16865062/ All over the U.S on a Sunday in January people gather to watch the game whether or not their favorite team is playing. Super Bowls have been played since 1967 when the first one was played in Los Angeles, California.http://www.nfl.com/superbowl/history