“Easter, which turns a terrible Friday into Good Friday. It is almost too brilliant for me to contemplate; it is like looking directly into the sun; I am burned and blinded by life.
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There are times when I feel that He has withdrawn from me… but Easter is always the answer to My God, my God, why has thou forsaken me!
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Easter is the most brilliant of all blessings.
–––––– Madeleine L’Engle, The Irrational Season
The following excerpt doesn’t directly refer to Easter, but its inherent meaning does:
I am encouraged as I look at some of those who have listened to their “different drum”: Einstein was hopeless at school math and commented wryly on his inadequacy in human relations, Winston Churchill was an abysmal failure in his early school years… Byron had to compensate for a club foot; Demosthenes for a stutter; and Homer was blind… Socrates infuriated his countrymen.
And what about Jesus, if we need an ultimate example of failure with one’s peers?
Or an ultimate example of love?
______ Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet
And in a lighter mode:
Pride is heavy.
It weighs.
It is a fatness of spirit,
an overindulgence in self.
This gluttony is earthbound,
cannot be lifted up.
Help me to fast,
to lose this weight.
Otherwise, O Light one,
how can I rejoice in your
Ascension?
(Photos taken by Arti at Lake Ontario shore, Sept. 2022.)
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To those who celebrate this life transforming, historical event, Happy Easter to you all!
happy 🐣 Easter to you!
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Arti
wishing you and yours a blessed and happy Easter!
Yinling
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These are simply lovely and so appropriate to the season. Happy Easter!
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Happy Easter and thank you for the seasonal messages. 🌱🌿🌸
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I hope your Easter day was blessed, Arti — and that the Easter season is filled with ever-increasing blessings.
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Happy belated Easter blessings to you and ongoing Easter blessings because He lives! I enjoyed the quotes!
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Never late, Ellen, for as you said, Easter is ongoing, a moveable feast indeed. His blessings are new every morning! Thanks for stopping by and all best Easter wishes to you and yours.
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