'IL PASTO DI PASQUA DOMENICA'.

The Easter Sunday meal is a ritual borne from the tradition of Life itself. The relief filled feeling that winter has ended its misery it inflicted upon us and that spring, like God, is among us.

We see the beginnings of why we love the creator as he blesses us with the creations he has made over and over again. It is the hope that we see in the turning of trees and the greening of the grass and the tulips that start to spring from the soil, so our hearts bask in the sweet repast of the meal of Easter Sunday breaking bread with one another.

It is spring that renews us, takes away the dirt and the grime of our everyday lives as we plan for tomorrow, and when the sun rises for tomorrow we are fortified by its glory.

I wish you all a Happy Easter and a blessed Passover. Wishing you both to me means you are ALL my brothers and sisters, together we will share the Earth and all it holds. It matters not that you are Christian, Jew or any other belief, as long as we can have a belief in each other. It is better to abandon the slings and arrows of those that aim at us than to stoop down and do the same.

A church or temple is but a holding place where we go to join hands and pray to the Almighty. But I firmly believe He does not reside there, no, He resides in each and every one of us, and every time we forget and defile his temple, misspeak his name or harm a child of his, we have caused pain for all of us. We believe He is everywhere, and for Him to be so, He resides in our hearts and souls.

Some of us believe that to praise him is to buy insurance that we will not be dragged down into the depths of hell, but a religious education teacher once said, and I don’t know how he knows this, but I believe it: “You might be surprised how many priests, rabbis, and ministers lost in hell because they knew better!” It is better to speak to God in the solitude of the mind and the structure of the heart and the sanctity of your soul than to put forth outward signs to prove to others you believe. It is our hearts that moves us, it is our minds that sustain our hearts and our souls that will be humbled before God.

So, have a great Easter or Passover or whatever you celebrate and let us all reach across our collective egos and embrace in love and spirit.

HAPPY EASTER!
P.S. PASS THE GRAVY.