WISHES EVERYONE A HAPPY
AND BLESSED EASTER.
Thank you for visiting us today.
Easter eggs,
Yellow and blue,
Easter eggs,
For me and you.
Easter eggs,
Candy sweet,
Easter eggs,
Are good to eat.
Easter eggs,
Pretty and funny,
But...
Where Oh Where Is The Easter Bunny?
~ Author Unknown ~
This morning, what do you suppose
I found beside my door?
A nest of colored Easter eggs--
Five or six or more.
I asked my own pet kitty,
Who seems to love me so,
To tell me where they came from;
I thought perhaps he'd know.
Yet not a single word he said,
Though twice he blinked his eyes;
But I believe he really knows
Because he looked so wise.
The Christian festival of Easter celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
The spring festival has its roots in the Jewish Passover, which commemorates
Israel's deliverance from the bondage of Egypt, and in the Christian reinter-
pretation of its meaning after the crucifixion of Jesus during the Passover
of AD c.30 and the proclamation of his resurrection three days later.
Early Christians observed Easter on the same day as Passover (14-15 Nisan,
a date governed by a lunar calendar). In the 2d century, the Christian
celebration was transferred to the Sunday following the 14-15 Nisan, if
that day fell on a weekday. Originally, the Christian Easter was a unitive
celebration, but in the 4th century Good Friday became a separate
commemoration of the death of Christ, and Easter was thereafter devoted
exclusively to the resurrection. According to the Venerable Bede, the name
Easter is derived from the pagan spring festival of the Anglo- Saxon goddess
Eostre, and many folk customs associated with Easter (for example, Easter
eggs) are of pagan origin.
Easter Day is currently determined as the first Sunday after the full moon
on or after March 21. The Eastern Orthodox churches, however, follow the
Julian rather than the Gregorian calendar, so their celebration usually
falls several weeks later than the Western Easter. Easter is preceded by
the period of preparation called Lent.
Reginald H. Fuller Bibliography: Torvend, Samuel, ed., Passage to the
Paschal Feast (1993); Williams, Rowan, Resurrection: Interpreting the
Easter Gospel (1994).
Lent
For Christians, Lent is a 40-day penitential period of prayer and fasting
that precedes Easter. In the Western church, observance of Lent begins
6 1/2 weeks prior to Easter on Ash Wednesday; (Sundays are excluded). In
the Eastern church the period extends over 7 weeks because both Saturdays
and Sundays are excluded. Formerly a severe fast was prescribed: only one
full meal a day was allowed, and meat, fish, eggs, and milk products were
forbidden. Today, however, prayer and works of charity are emphasized.
Lent has been observed since the 4th century.
Ash Wednesday
In the Western church, Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent and the
seventh Wednesday before Easter. Its name comes from the practice of
placing ashes on the foreheads of worshipers to symbolize death and
sorrow for sin. In the Orthodox church, Lent begins on a Monday rather
than on Ash Wednesday.
Good Friday
Good Friday is the Christian commemoration of the death of Jesus Christ,
observed on the Friday before Easter. Originally, it was a day of fasting
in preparation for the unitive celebration of the death- resurrection-
exaltation of Jesus; no liturgy was held on that day. In the 4th century,
at Jerusalem, a procession was staged from Gethsemane to the sanctuary of
the cross, followed by readings about the passion. This was the beginning
of the Good Friday observance as it is now known. In the Catholic tradition,
the liturgy of the day consists of reading the passion, the ceremony of the
veneration of the cross, and communion from the sacrament consecrated the
day before. The service of preaching on the seven last words, of Jesuit
origin, has become popular in Protestantism.
"Meowmie Aurora"
Thanks for stopping by our Home Page. This is the
website for Jersey Cats Emporium,home of Sammy
and his mommie, Aurora. We want to tell you about
our friends, and our interests. We also have set up
memorial pages for the other kitties who have gone
to theRainbow Bridge. Hope you will enjoy visiting
our page.Please sign our guestbook below. Thanks
for visiting.
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Nice to join my special friends
So kind of them today
Feel so comfy where I am
Glad we're joined this way
Softness is a special gift
Today I feel so close
All of us with gentleness
With love now so engrossed
Today a message we will send
That fits the day divine
Happy Easter to our friends
Three hearts of love enshrined
Although we may be different
We each share special gift
Softness in a whisper
Nature's love will lift
On this day we send our love
Two rabbits and feline
Joined in camaraderie Isn't it divine
Hope your day is filled with
love
The way that life should be
Garden of a sweet bouquet
From my two friends and me.
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