From holiday to holy day

Easter comes to us each year with familiar rhythms: the long weekend, the gatherings with family, the journeys taken, the quiet pause from the demands of daily life. 

Yet, if we are honest, we must ask ourselves: Have we reduced Easter to a holiday when it was always meant to be a holy day? Have we embraced its comfort but forgotten its cost? Have we celebrated its joy but neglected its meaning?

Easter is not simply a date on the calendar. It is a confrontation. It confronts our understanding of suffering...