Easter
arrives early
this year, yet
Winter’s grip does not
relent.
Easter
30 Mar 2018 2 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, Easter, Elfje, winter
Easter Day Quotes
31 Mar 2013 6 Comments
in aros, Quotations Tags: aros, Easter, eternity, quotations, resurrection, spring-time, time
“On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.”
— Douglas Horton
“Our Lord has written the promise of the resurrection, not in books alone but in every leaf in spring-time.”
— Martin Luther
Shrove Tueday Elfje
12 Feb 2013 1 Comment
in aros Tags: aros, Christian, church, days, Easter, lengthen, Lent, Pancake Day, pancakes, Shrove Tuesday, spring
Shrove
Tuesday, Pancake
Day. Lent begins.
The days lengthen towards
Easter.
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Lent: An Old English word meaning ‘lengthen’. It simply refers to the fact that the days get longer during Spring. This was adopted by the Christian church to refer to the time Jesus spent in the wilderness. On Shrove Tuesday people would attend church to be ‘shriven’ of their sins before a period of fasting leading up to Easter. All foods forbidden during ‘Lent’, which begins on Ash Wednesday (tomorrow) would be eaten up beforehand so the custom of making up eggs and milk into pancakes came about.
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An Easter Quote
08 Apr 2012 4 Comments
in aros, Quotations Tags: aros, Easter, Lord, quotation
“The Lord of all things lives anew
and all his works are rising too.
Hosanna in excelsis.”
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Lines from an Easter song I learned at school.
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