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Easter – it’s all about the egg

Looking for prizes, Lissette Palavicini, 6, cracks open the Easter eggs she gathered Saturday. (Dan Pelle)
Looking for prizes, Lissette Palavicini, 6, cracks open the Easter eggs she gathered Saturday. (Dan Pelle)

Happy Easter, the springtime tradition that blends pagan and Christian symbols arrives.

While women may wear fascinators atop their heads and happy toddlers suck on chocolate bunnies, most people recognize the egg as Easter’s central symbol.

As we should.

The egg recalls the rock at the tomb, sealing in Jesus, sealing in death. Orthodox Christians color their eggs red – to symbolize the blood of Good Friday. With the cracking of the egg, we recall the tomb opening, Jesus rising from death to new, transformed life, a life we share. We move out of the desert of hopelessness and despair into the light of resurrection.

The rock rolls away. Joy remains, Happy Easter.

(S-R archive photo)



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