Christmas & Easter
Easter
The Easter Triduum is simply the beginning
of Easter time, for the festival lasts fully
fifty days until the Day of Pentecost. Throughout this time, the principal sign of
the crucified and raised Christ in our midst
is the Paschal Candle blessed in the
darkness just before dawn on Easter Day.
The great candle is marked with the
blood-red cross of sacrifice, and also bears
the marks of the passion – the five wounds
of love as five brass nails containing
incense. The Greek letters Alpha (A) and
Omega (W), together with the numerals of
this current year of grace 2009, proclaim
the truth that God is Christlike from
beginning to end, that in God there is no
un-Christ-likeness at all.
Christmas
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