Comments on: Easter Thoughts http://chrishubbs.com/2008/03/25/easter-thoughts/ ...somewhere in Paraguay, quelling revolution with a fork. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:10:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jason http://chrishubbs.com/2008/03/25/easter-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-3061 Jason Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:00:06 +0000 http://www.chrishubbs.com/2008/03/25/easter-thoughts/#comment-3061 Kari's right about the 50 days of 'Easter' leading up to Pentecost. Personally, I only made it to an Easter morning service this year because Sandra was in the hospital. And I truly missed making Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil. They're all amazing liturgies. As for a Saturday night Easter, that doesn't surprise me because the time of the Resurrection isn't specified. We know it wasn't during the Sabbath (Friday sundown through Saturday sundown), so Jesus was raised from the dead sometime Saturday night/Sunday morning. The Liturgical calendar celebrates the beginning of Easter starting Saturday at Sundown. --Jason (was in a more important place, but still regrets missing those services) Kari’s right about the 50 days of ‘Easter’ leading up to Pentecost.

Personally, I only made it to an Easter morning service this year because Sandra was in the hospital. And I truly missed making Holy Thursday, Good Friday and the Easter Vigil. They’re all amazing liturgies.

As for a Saturday night Easter, that doesn’t surprise me because the time of the Resurrection isn’t specified. We know it wasn’t during the Sabbath (Friday sundown through Saturday sundown), so Jesus was raised from the dead sometime Saturday night/Sunday morning. The Liturgical calendar celebrates the beginning of Easter starting Saturday at Sundown.

–Jason (was in a more important place, but still regrets missing those services)

]]> By: Kari http://chrishubbs.com/2008/03/25/easter-thoughts/comment-page-1/#comment-3060 Kari Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:09:56 +0000 http://www.chrishubbs.com/2008/03/25/easter-thoughts/#comment-3060 If you are following the church calendar, you celebrate Easter for the 50 days until Pentecost (so, another six/seven weeks). I like that about my church, that it's not like, boom, Easter is here, boom, it's gone again, but we do the buildup and then still talk about it until Ascension Sunday and then Pentecost. Which we celebrate by decorating the church with red balloons and banners. I know I say this on my blog all the time, but it really enhances my understanding of Christianity to go to a church that moves through the calendar year, and your musings kind of exhibit why. If you are following the church calendar, you celebrate Easter for the 50 days until Pentecost (so, another six/seven weeks). I like that about my church, that it’s not like, boom, Easter is here, boom, it’s gone again, but we do the buildup and then still talk about it until Ascension Sunday and then Pentecost. Which we celebrate by decorating the church with red balloons and banners.

I know I say this on my blog all the time, but it really enhances my understanding of Christianity to go to a church that moves through the calendar year, and your musings kind of exhibit why.

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