Christians celebrate Easter as the resurrection of Jesus. I celebrate it as a sign that spring is here, the resurrection of green plants, singing birds, and warmth. The egg is also a sign of the beginning of new life.
The process of death into life is one that is celebrated by Christians in the reflection on the life and death of Jesus and his resurrection. What is important to remember though is Jesus’ resurrection is totally different than any type of resuscitation. A few weeks ago we heard in the liturgy the story of Jesus razing Lazarus from the dead, and we think that when Jesus rose it was similar to Lazarus. He would have to die again and Jesus never could die again. The resurrection of Jesus is dying to an old life and being raised to new life which shares some continuity with the old life but it is totally transformed. If someone is pronounced dead, and then a miracle happens that they return to life, they are not being raised to new life but returning to old life. As St. Paul says we are made into a new creation in Christ Jesus. Just some thoughts about the difference between resurrection and resuscitation.
To me the meaning of Easter is to be born again. That can be seen as having another life after death, or begining a new life while on Earth. I like when Easter comes around because that means spring is here. More time to spend outside, and enjoy beautiful weather (well most of the time besides this April). Easter is a celebration of all sorts of things to many people. My Grandpa likes when Easter comes around because he starts getting his garden going and ready to plant for the summer. To me Easter has its christian aspects, but also its personal life aspects as well
Easter is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus for those who are Christian. In many ways, I never really see Easter as this anymore. I think that it is important to note that this is what was intended but for me it is a matter of a new beginning. I’m not completely big on holidays because I feel why for one day should everything be different. I think that it’s important to live everyday like it Easter and a new beginning. Each day we wake it’s a opportunity to do something better than you did yesterday.
I see Easter ONLY as a Christian/Catholic holiday. Secular people have taken it way out of proportion and have given themselves a reason to feel good about themselves. This country was founded on Christian ideas and is predominantly a Christian society. If you don't fit in(for that one day), don't worry about it. The way I see it, if you are not Christian/Catholic, then what is the reason for celebrating it. For spring? Give me a break. What other holidays do we have for summer, fall, and winter? Mind you, I feel the same way about Christmas. I went to a service on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. If people want to celebrate it for other reasons, so be it, but they look like a fool in my eyes :P
haha well in response to Rob, i, as most of you know, was raised jewish and when youre 8 years old and enrolled in a public school and talk about all the candy that all the other kids get for a holiday that you don't even really know is very confusing. in my household my mom says were celebrating the spring season as well, not because she wants to celebrate to celebrate, but because shes had 4 boys come up and not understand til later that jewish families do not celebrate easter. i am very thankful for the way she handled the situation and maybe we do look foolish in others eyes, but its just another lesson that my mom taught me in a unique way i guess
my family is not very religious either and when i was growing up I feel we only did easter becasue my parents didn't want us to feel left out when the other kids were talking about it at school. I know that Easter is a celebration for the ressurection of Jesus but that is about all i know about it. But something to think about: how onfusing is it that a rabbit brings eggs? Maybe if i was smarter as a kid i could have figured out that the Easter Bunny wasnt real ;) but in all seriousness, Easter time is a time of change from cold weather to warm, inviting weather and I am looking forward to it
I have to agree with allison on this i am not very religious and nether is my family. We partake in easter i believe to get the family together more than to celebrate the resurrection of jesus. In a way though just getting the family together is a celebration of life which is the idea of Easter to celebrate the life of jesus. I am also curious as to how a bunny who brings eggs and candy is related to the resurrection of jesus. I do think that it is a celebration of spring like jacob mentioned his family did. spring in its self is life and that also relates to the resurrection.
I have to agree with those before me. We are not a religious family, yet we celebrate Easter every year as a large holiday in which we all get candy and prizes and that is about it. It is sort of like Halloween, but in Spring. My 8-year old sister and 5-year old brother do not know who Jesus is, they only know that a bunny will bring them gifts. As for me, I am aware of the Ressurection of Jesus, yet I personally do not celebrate it: I celebrate Easter as just another holiday to get together with family (as we do for Christmas as well). So, basically Easter is a holiday for gathering and celebration for our family, but I respect those celebrating for the Ressurection (as my boyfriend will do on Sunday).
As for the relation between death & dying and Easter, it seesm as though most people tend to celebrate rather than remorse on this day, Christian or not. Maybe that is the human nature in people: wanting to remember this death, but remember it in a fun and celebratory way.
And for the Easter bunny part. Well, I looked that up once and read that an Easter bunny was chosen as a counterpart to the German Kris Kringle. The pagan symbol for fertility was a rabbit and spring is associated with such, so a Spring rabbit was chosen. Easter eggs were colored in the 17th century in the Holy Roman Empire (I'm not sure of why though). Anyway, Orthodox people began to color eggs red to represent the blood of Christ (connection!!). Then, other people made other colors (green, yellow, etc) to represent the welcome of spring. The end.
Here's a link to the story I summarized of where the Easter Bunny came from: http://itthing.com/how-did-the-easter-bunny-get-his-start
Like many of you have implied and noted, I dualistically view Easter as a sign that spring is here as well as the resurrection of Christ. Having grown up in a Catholic family, my parents always stressed the importance of Lenten sacrifice and viewing it as an opportunity to "offer it up" in commemoration of Jesus's suffering in the desert for 40 days. My parents taught me that Easter is a celebration of Jesus's resurrection, and thus on Easter, the sacrifices we had endured since Ash Wednesday come to a conclusion in celebration as well. Aside from the religious celebration of Easter in alignment and emulation of Jesus's suffering, death, and resurrection, I see Easter as a sign that spring is here. To me, winter is a depressing time of year, whereas spring--commenced by Easter--is a time of nice weather and of course, preparing for the summer.
Like many real-life applications, Easter's traditions are consistent with the topics of death and dying. The entire religious significance of Easter revolves around the suffering and dying of Jesus, culminating with his death on Good Friday. Vicariously experiencing Jesus's suffering, passion, death, and resurrection makes me appreciate the cultural implications of a painless and venerable death we observe today. Jesus's rising on Easter can symbolize the eternal life I wish to someday lead in heaven. Heaven, then, is like spring--desirable and nice. Spring and heaven are the new lives I yearn for and desire, but neither is possible without death or undesirable situations such as suffering or winter.
What is the significance of Jesus' death in the forgiveness for sin? From a religious perspective his death represent a lamb provided by God to take on the sins of the world, but if the Bible is not literal and Jesus' death never occurred what message did the author mean to convey through the story of his resurrection. Throughout history common misconception has been a literal interpretation of the Bible that masked the true meaning intended by the authors. The story of Jesus is not about the death, it is about the resurrection. The suffering of Jesus is to illustrate that men are more than the body, this can be shown through the resurrection of body in a glorious form. The suffering of this world does not carry into the afterlife. The story of Jesus is one in which the authors believes people should overcome their ego in order to serve others and through this life a glorious form can be reached. He was a model.
As a Catholic, Easter is the celebration of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Growing up my mom's side of the family was super religious so we were always reminded of what it meant.This religious holiday makes me think of death as a good thing rather than something bad. Easter is a very symbolic holiday in that many pictures associated with Easter are also associated with new life. Things like baby chicks are symbolic of new life. The rising sun represents a new beginning and so on.
I think Easter represents the beginning of the cycle of life again. Winter can viewed as bleak, dark, and deathly(personally winter is my favorite time of year), but the spring is just around the corner to show how everything starts all over again. As some people have brought up I always thought that if you were not religious that you probably wouldn’t treat the day any different from the rest. It could never be a bad reminder that death is a part of life no matter what, and bringing it to mind can only benefit us by thinking about our lives.
Easter has always been a big deal to my family, but was always kind of awkward with my parents coming from different religions even though Catholicism and Christianity are very similar. So in reality, I pretty much just had to celebrate Easter twice. The death of Jesus Chirst and his sacrifice for us was always stressed to an extreme extent in my family.
I like the fact that Jesus rose from the grave and shows signs of life which goes along with the spring season, where everything in a sense comes to life again. I think that's kind of cool.
Easter is the foundation of my faith and my life. My entire faith is centered around the death and resurrection that we celebrate this weekend. Death is conquered once and for all through this act.
Easter, to me, is certainly more about life than death. Christ’s death on the cross was his act of sacrifice (as we discussed in class today) for those who didn’t deserve it, however, a friend of mine once confronted me, “What if Jesus didn’t really raise from the dead?” This thought blew my mind. If Jesus didn’t really rise from the dead, then he wouldn’t have conquered death and my faith would be a fraud. When considering this idea, I have found that Easter, to me, is definitely not just about death. By Christ’s death on the cross, he bore my sins and took the punishment that I certainly deserve; however, the significance in this holiday lies in life. Christ’s resurrection that we celebrate on Easter morning is the “true reason for the season.” Christ conquering death once and for all leads me to accept his sacrifice and live a life for him so that I can, too, conquer physical death and live for eternity with him.
As a firm believer in the Christian faith, Easter has strictly spiritual meaning for me. Easter is a time to celebrate the ressurection of my Savior Jesus Christ. Unlike other "gods" or saviors such as Muhammad, etc., my God is not dead, but He is alive and well. Without the ressurection of Jesus then He is hardly different than the thieves and criminals that were crucified next to Him. However, in a fulfillment of Scripture, He died, rose again three days later, and now resides in Heaven until the day He returns for His saints.
As a Catholic, I celebrate Easter as Christ's resurrection. However, like many people, it is easy for me to forget the true reasoning for the celebration. I for one can admit that as of last week, I was more excited for the four day weekend than the celebration of our Lord's triumph over death. Yet after being with my family and seeing their faith, my appreciation for Christ's sacrifice was reconfirmed.
I have always celebrated Easter as a sign of Jesus Christ's Resurrection my whole life. It is, but it is both a for me a sign of religion and has a social/ natural message as well. Me and my family always go to church for Easter, and within the last probably 10 years we would try to go to as many of the holy day masses during the week leading up to Easter as we could (since I have been going to college, I have not been able to go to the ones during the week). Still we use all of the different masses to relate to the religious side of Easter because each mass shows a different message. However after mass on Easter we go to my relatives house where it is more of a family gathering that has no religious relation at all. If anything it is more of a sign of spring and spending time together where we spend all our time outside. I feel like media once again has really taken Easter and made into something good, but completely different than what it is meant to be. One thing that my family has managed to do well that I plan to do in the future when I have a family is to make sure you get the best of both worlds for this holiday because it is very easy to forget the true meaning of Easter where Christ suffered, died and rose again for us.
Seder Meal Dr. Cate also wanted me to have a few comments on the Seder supper program that I put on 2 weeks ago because it gives a whole new perspective on the holiday of Easter. It was a very very cool experience and it really taught me a lot about the Jewish culture/ religion and what they celebrate for "Easter". They do not necessarily celebrate Easter, but what they do celebrate is the Passover. The Passover is when the angel of death "passed over" the houses of the jewish slaves in Egypt. It was one of the ten plagues that God released on Egypt because the king would not let His people go. This particular plague was the death of the first born. The deaths of these children and any other Egyptian or Israelite that suffered during the time plagues in particular are remembered at this meal. But the main meaning of the Passover is to celebrate their freedom from slavery when Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt to the promised land. Many Bible versus from the Old Testament are spoken during the ceremony, mostly from the book Exodus. However there are many other passages and prayers spoken of as well. I know me and Sister Pat were very surprised with how many of the prayers and sayings are almost parallel to some of the things we say at mass. Another thing that surprised me was how much they spoke of Jesus during the celebration, which was weird because they do not look at Him as the Messiah. During the meal there are multiple "courses" to the dinner with 6 main parts, but we did not do all of them. There is the lamb, unleven bread, wine, bitter herb, egg, and a green vegetable. Our guest whom lead the ceremony said that the meal and the Passover as a whole can be celebrated in multiple ways. Some are very traditional and formal, but most of the time the holiday is celebrated as a party, where they go through all the parts of the celebration all night and snack on the 6 different food items when they are on that part of the ceremony. The man said that Passover is a time of joy and happiness where you are with your family to celebrate God's gift of freedom that he gave to their people a long time ago.
Easter to me is celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Growing up catholic we learn that Jesus suffered and died for us on the cross. So through Easter we celebrate Jesus' suffering on the cross by getting together as a family and celebrating his life and what he did for us. We also celebrate his life by going to mass. By getting the family together we are celebrating life itself. Spring is such a beautiful time of the year. Being able to spend time with family and friends during this time of year is a blessing. I am grateful that I have family and friends to spend this time with.
Honestly for me, Easter is just a day that I get to spend with my family. I did not grow up learning about the meaning of easter. I know that it is to celebrate the Life and Death and Resurrection of Jesus, but we have never celebrated like that.
Christians celebrate Easter as the resurrection of Jesus. I celebrate it as a sign that spring is here, the resurrection of green plants, singing birds, and warmth. The egg is also a sign of the beginning of new life.
ReplyDeleteThe process of death into life is one that is celebrated by Christians in the reflection on the life and death of Jesus and his resurrection. What is important to remember though is Jesus’ resurrection is totally different than any type of resuscitation. A few weeks ago we heard in the liturgy the story of Jesus razing Lazarus from the dead, and we think that when Jesus rose it was similar to Lazarus. He would have to die again and Jesus never could die again. The resurrection of Jesus is dying to an old life and being raised to new life which shares some continuity with the old life but it is totally transformed. If someone is pronounced dead, and then a miracle happens that they return to life, they are not being raised to new life but returning to old life. As St. Paul says we are made into a new creation in Christ Jesus. Just some thoughts about the difference between resurrection and resuscitation.
ReplyDeleteTo me the meaning of Easter is to be born again. That can be seen as having another life after death, or begining a new life while on Earth. I like when Easter comes around because that means spring is here. More time to spend outside, and enjoy beautiful weather (well most of the time besides this April). Easter is a celebration of all sorts of things to many people. My Grandpa likes when Easter comes around because he starts getting his garden going and ready to plant for the summer. To me Easter has its christian aspects, but also its personal life aspects as well
ReplyDeleteEaster is the celebration of the resurrection of Jesus for those who are Christian. In many ways, I never really see Easter as this anymore. I think that it is important to note that this is what was intended but for me it is a matter of a new beginning. I’m not completely big on holidays because I feel why for one day should everything be different. I think that it’s important to live everyday like it Easter and a new beginning. Each day we wake it’s a opportunity to do something better than you did yesterday.
ReplyDeleteI see Easter ONLY as a Christian/Catholic holiday. Secular people have taken it way out of proportion and have given themselves a reason to feel good about themselves. This country was founded on Christian ideas and is predominantly a Christian society. If you don't fit in(for that one day), don't worry about it. The way I see it, if you are not Christian/Catholic, then what is the reason for celebrating it. For spring? Give me a break. What other holidays do we have for summer, fall, and winter? Mind you, I feel the same way about Christmas. I went to a service on Good Friday and Easter Sunday. If people want to celebrate it for other reasons, so be it, but they look like a fool in my eyes :P
ReplyDeletehaha well in response to Rob, i, as most of you know, was raised jewish and when youre 8 years old and enrolled in a public school and talk about all the candy that all the other kids get for a holiday that you don't even really know is very confusing. in my household my mom says were celebrating the spring season as well, not because she wants to celebrate to celebrate, but because shes had 4 boys come up and not understand til later that jewish families do not celebrate easter. i am very thankful for the way she handled the situation and maybe we do look foolish in others eyes, but its just another lesson that my mom taught me in a unique way i guess
ReplyDeletemy family is not very religious either and when i was growing up I feel we only did easter becasue my parents didn't want us to feel left out when the other kids were talking about it at school. I know that Easter is a celebration for the ressurection of Jesus but that is about all i know about it. But something to think about: how onfusing is it that a rabbit brings eggs? Maybe if i was smarter as a kid i could have figured out that the Easter Bunny wasnt real ;) but in all seriousness, Easter time is a time of change from cold weather to warm, inviting weather and I am looking forward to it
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with allison on this i am not very religious and nether is my family. We partake in easter i believe to get the family together more than to celebrate the resurrection of jesus. In a way though just getting the family together is a celebration of life which is the idea of Easter to celebrate the life of jesus. I am also curious as to how a bunny who brings eggs and candy is related to the resurrection of jesus. I do think that it is a celebration of spring like jacob mentioned his family did. spring in its self is life and that also relates to the resurrection.
ReplyDeleteI have to agree with those before me. We are not a religious family, yet we celebrate Easter every year as a large holiday in which we all get candy and prizes and that is about it. It is sort of like Halloween, but in Spring. My 8-year old sister and 5-year old brother do not know who Jesus is, they only know that a bunny will bring them gifts. As for me, I am aware of the Ressurection of Jesus, yet I personally do not celebrate it: I celebrate Easter as just another holiday to get together with family (as we do for Christmas as well). So, basically Easter is a holiday for gathering and celebration for our family, but I respect those celebrating for the Ressurection (as my boyfriend will do on Sunday).
ReplyDeleteAs for the relation between death & dying and Easter, it seesm as though most people tend to celebrate rather than remorse on this day, Christian or not. Maybe that is the human nature in people: wanting to remember this death, but remember it in a fun and celebratory way.
And for the Easter bunny part. Well, I looked that up once and read that an Easter bunny was chosen as a counterpart to the German Kris Kringle. The pagan symbol for fertility was a rabbit and spring is associated with such, so a Spring rabbit was chosen. Easter eggs were colored in the 17th century in the Holy Roman Empire (I'm not sure of why though). Anyway, Orthodox people began to color eggs red to represent the blood of Christ (connection!!). Then, other people made other colors (green, yellow, etc) to represent the welcome of spring. The end.
Here's a link to the story I summarized of where the Easter Bunny came from:
http://itthing.com/how-did-the-easter-bunny-get-his-start
Like many of you have implied and noted, I dualistically view Easter as a sign that spring is here as well as the resurrection of Christ. Having grown up in a Catholic family, my parents always stressed the importance of Lenten sacrifice and viewing it as an opportunity to "offer it up" in commemoration of Jesus's suffering in the desert for 40 days. My parents taught me that Easter is a celebration of Jesus's resurrection, and thus on Easter, the sacrifices we had endured since Ash Wednesday come to a conclusion in celebration as well. Aside from the religious celebration of Easter in alignment and emulation of Jesus's suffering, death, and resurrection, I see Easter as a sign that spring is here. To me, winter is a depressing time of year, whereas spring--commenced by Easter--is a time of nice weather and of course, preparing for the summer.
ReplyDeleteLike many real-life applications, Easter's traditions are consistent with the topics of death and dying. The entire religious significance of Easter revolves around the suffering and dying of Jesus, culminating with his death on Good Friday. Vicariously experiencing Jesus's suffering, passion, death, and resurrection makes me appreciate the cultural implications of a painless and venerable death we observe today. Jesus's rising on Easter can symbolize the eternal life I wish to someday lead in heaven. Heaven, then, is like spring--desirable and nice. Spring and heaven are the new lives I yearn for and desire, but neither is possible without death or undesirable situations such as suffering or winter.
What is the significance of Jesus' death in the forgiveness for sin? From a religious perspective his death represent a lamb provided by God to take on the sins of the world, but if the Bible is not literal and Jesus' death never occurred what message did the author mean to convey through the story of his resurrection. Throughout history common misconception has been a literal interpretation of the Bible that masked the true meaning intended by the authors. The story of Jesus is not about the death, it is about the resurrection. The suffering of Jesus is to illustrate that men are more than the body, this can be shown through the resurrection of body in a glorious form. The suffering of this world does not carry into the afterlife. The story of Jesus is one in which the authors believes people should overcome their ego in order to serve others and through this life a glorious form can be reached. He was a model.
ReplyDeleteAs a Catholic, Easter is the celebration of the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. Growing up my mom's side of the family was super religious so we were always reminded of what it meant.This religious holiday makes me think of death as a good thing rather than something bad. Easter is a very symbolic holiday in that many pictures associated with Easter are also associated with new life. Things like baby chicks are symbolic of new life. The rising sun represents a new beginning and so on.
ReplyDeleteI think Easter represents the beginning of the cycle of life again. Winter can viewed as bleak, dark, and deathly(personally winter is my favorite time of year), but the spring is just around the corner to show how everything starts all over again. As some people have brought up I always thought that if you were not religious that you probably wouldn’t treat the day any different from the rest. It could never be a bad reminder that death is a part of life no matter what, and bringing it to mind can only benefit us by thinking about our lives.
Easter has always been a big deal to my family, but was always kind of awkward with my parents coming from different religions even though Catholicism and Christianity are very similar. So in reality, I pretty much just had to celebrate Easter twice. The death of Jesus Chirst and his sacrifice for us was always stressed to an extreme extent in my family.
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that Jesus rose from the grave and shows signs of life which goes along with the spring season, where everything in a sense comes to life again. I think that's kind of cool.
Easter is the foundation of my faith and my life. My entire faith is centered around the death and resurrection that we celebrate this weekend. Death is conquered once and for all through this act.
ReplyDeleteEaster, to me, is certainly more about life than death. Christ’s death on the cross was his act of sacrifice (as we discussed in class today) for those who didn’t deserve it, however, a friend of mine once confronted me, “What if Jesus didn’t really raise from the dead?” This thought blew my mind. If Jesus didn’t really rise from the dead, then he wouldn’t have conquered death and my faith would be a fraud. When considering this idea, I have found that Easter, to me, is definitely not just about death. By Christ’s death on the cross, he bore my sins and took the punishment that I certainly deserve; however, the significance in this holiday lies in life. Christ’s resurrection that we celebrate on Easter morning is the “true reason for the season.” Christ conquering death once and for all leads me to accept his sacrifice and live a life for him so that I can, too, conquer physical death and live for eternity with him.
As a firm believer in the Christian faith, Easter has strictly spiritual meaning for me. Easter is a time to celebrate the ressurection of my Savior Jesus Christ. Unlike other "gods" or saviors such as Muhammad, etc., my God is not dead, but He is alive and well. Without the ressurection of Jesus then He is hardly different than the thieves and criminals that were crucified next to Him. However, in a fulfillment of Scripture, He died, rose again three days later, and now resides in Heaven until the day He returns for His saints.
ReplyDeleteAs a Catholic, I celebrate Easter as Christ's resurrection. However, like many people, it is easy for me to forget the true reasoning for the celebration. I for one can admit that as of last week, I was more excited for the four day weekend than the celebration of our Lord's triumph over death. Yet after being with my family and seeing their faith, my appreciation for Christ's sacrifice was reconfirmed.
ReplyDeleteI have always celebrated Easter as a sign of Jesus Christ's Resurrection my whole life. It is, but it is both a for me a sign of religion and has a social/ natural message as well. Me and my family always go to church for Easter, and within the last probably 10 years we would try to go to as many of the holy day masses during the week leading up to Easter as we could (since I have been going to college, I have not been able to go to the ones during the week). Still we use all of the different masses to relate to the religious side of Easter because each mass shows a different message. However after mass on Easter we go to my relatives house where it is more of a family gathering that has no religious relation at all. If anything it is more of a sign of spring and spending time together where we spend all our time outside. I feel like media once again has really taken Easter and made into something good, but completely different than what it is meant to be. One thing that my family has managed to do well that I plan to do in the future when I have a family is to make sure you get the best of both worlds for this holiday because it is very easy to forget the true meaning of Easter where Christ suffered, died and rose again for us.
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DeleteDr. Cate also wanted me to have a few comments on the Seder supper program that I put on 2 weeks ago because it gives a whole new perspective on the holiday of Easter.
It was a very very cool experience and it really taught me a lot about the Jewish culture/ religion and what they celebrate for "Easter". They do not necessarily celebrate Easter, but what they do celebrate is the Passover. The Passover is when the angel of death "passed over" the houses of the jewish slaves in Egypt. It was one of the ten plagues that God released on Egypt because the king would not let His people go. This particular plague was the death of the first born. The deaths of these children and any other Egyptian or Israelite that suffered during the time plagues in particular are remembered at this meal. But the main meaning of the Passover is to celebrate their freedom from slavery when Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt to the promised land.
Many Bible versus from the Old Testament are spoken during the ceremony, mostly from the book Exodus. However there are many other passages and prayers spoken of as well. I know me and Sister Pat were very surprised with how many of the prayers and sayings are almost parallel to some of the things we say at mass. Another thing that surprised me was how much they spoke of Jesus during the celebration, which was weird because they do not look at Him as the Messiah.
During the meal there are multiple "courses" to the dinner with 6 main parts, but we did not do all of them. There is the lamb, unleven bread, wine, bitter herb, egg, and a green vegetable. Our guest whom lead the ceremony said that the meal and the Passover as a whole can be celebrated in multiple ways. Some are very traditional and formal, but most of the time the holiday is celebrated as a party, where they go through all the parts of the celebration all night and snack on the 6 different food items when they are on that part of the ceremony. The man said that Passover is a time of joy and happiness where you are with your family to celebrate God's gift of freedom that he gave to their people a long time ago.
Easter to me is celebrating the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Growing up catholic we learn that Jesus suffered and died for us on the cross. So through Easter we celebrate Jesus' suffering on the cross by getting together as a family and celebrating his life and what he did for us. We also celebrate his life by going to mass. By getting the family together we are celebrating life itself. Spring is such a beautiful time of the year. Being able to spend time with family and friends during this time of year is a blessing. I am grateful that I have family and friends to spend this time with.
ReplyDeleteHonestly for me, Easter is just a day that I get to spend with my family. I did not grow up learning about the meaning of easter. I know that it is to celebrate the Life and Death and Resurrection of Jesus, but we have never celebrated like that.
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