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Christ is Risen! Indeed He is Risen! Christos Anesti! Alethos Anesti!<\/p>\n


\nAngnolo Bronzino c. 1552 <\/p>\n

Easter isn\u2019t over. In fact, Eastertide is a period lasting fifty days<\/strong> from Easter Sunday to Pentecost Sunday. So no, it\u2019s not back to liturgical life as normal. There is still some significant partying to be done. Divine Mercy Sunday, the Ascension and a plethora of saints are all celebrated before the season officially ends on Pentecost. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ve often heard others describe Catholics as people who mourn their faith. Seriously. I\u2019ve actually heard this repeated multiple times. I wonder how many Catholics they actually know because they truly know nothing about our liturgical calendar or our faith to make such a bizarre statement. Yes, bizarre. We party harder, for longer, and more frequently than most protestants whose holidays last a single day. I guarantee you, all those Christmas trees you see tossed out for the trash on December 26th where not put there by Catholics. <\/p>\n

I think people may assume we are a mournful lot because we embrace suffering, celebrate the death of saints, admire martyrs, venerate relics and other stuff that can be misconstrued as macabre. We are appropriately mournful when the time calls for it, like Good Friday or when we are sorry for our sins. <\/p>\n

This is a healthy ebb or flow of temperament. I find protestant religions that rely heavily on that \u201cgood feeling\u201d throughout the entire year to fall into a sort of apathetic sense of false contentment. I\u2019ve often wondered how you appreciate joy if you don\u2019t have the pain of suffering which to measure from. If Christ is always resurrected then really how awesome is the day commemorating His actual resurrection? <\/p>\n

So you see, we appreciate more and celebrate with a greater intensity because<\/em> we mourn when the situation calls for it. Lent can be emotionally draining, long and painful, with 40 days of penance and fasting. We are half starved and cranky. Then we have Easter! Our Lord has risen and you won\u2019t find a more spiritually and physically famished group of people than Catholics ready to sing Alleluia and celebrate over a rack of lamb. <\/p>\n

Happy Eastertide, all. The partying doesn\u2019t stop here. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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