The human year needs public holidays, each with its own
import, to give structure to the cycle of experience, the way a body needs a
skeleton, which would else be a flabby blob. The traditional Church is rich in these; we in the secular world need cherish
what few we’ve got.
For long, the Labor Day weekend served as a sort of Mardi
Gras, marking the end of the lotus months of summer, a last family fling before
knuckling down to to the autumnal duties of work and school. That role has been undermined by
lobbies that, in many places, have contrived to start up the school year
prematurely. (In
our area, thus jumping the gun proved especially pointless, as we've
had a streak of sultry weather, and some classes had to be cancelled on
that account.) Kudos to the
governor of Maryland for putting a stop to that.
[re-posted from 2016]
For the roster of our posts concerning public holidays,
click here.
For labor matters, here.
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