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What about EASTER?. A simple
reflection by Fr. Richards Ambrose
(Parish priest of HOLY CROSS CHURCH, Singapore)
Often many of the things that we religious
in nature seem to take on amore secular side that downplays the awesomeness of the event. For example, may know Santa Claus
and not St. Nicholas, the Father’s greatest gift of his son, Jesus at CHRISTMAS is lost amidst the flurry of the
gifts the people give during Christmas. EASTER has also been affected too- the
EASTER egg and the EASTER bunny. EASTER colored egg could perhaps mean new life. But the new life that JESUS gives us is ETERNAL
life.
So before we put JESUS,
the Cross, the Resurrection into one basket with the bunny and the egg, let’s be mindful of a few things:
The
EASTER bunny is white, with big feet and a tail.
JESUS did his big feet with wood and nails.
The EASTER
Bunny is about chocolates and good things. JESUS died and rose to bring out a God thing.
In our gardens, rabbits
eat and play.
In the garden, “Not my will…”, JESUS prayed.
EASTER bunny looks white
on the outside.
JESUS died to make us pure inside.
In some chocolates there is a toy,
The
empty tomb of JESUS is nothing but joy.
Unlike rabbits who just twitch their nose.
JESUS, Our LORD,
from the dead He arose.
So teach the children that EASTER is not about eggs and bunnies.
But about
JESUS who was killed and sold for money.
EASTER is not about coloured eggs and chocolate.
It’s
about JESUS who was killed and left for dead.
The
joy of EASTER is not in the festivity and fun,
But in the death and resurrection of the Son. Forwarded
by J. Justin
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