For: José R. Uzal (*)
On having come to this society, it does not matter at what age, we lose time in adapting ourselves and comprising the new customs and the new interpretations of our beliefs. Easter or Easter is one of the best examples of this situation.
Easter, on having been translated, is not exactly an Easter. The name Easter has a completely pagan etymology, based on the Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn: Eoster. The festival of this goddess was celebrated close to the spring Equinox. Nowadays “Easter“ celebrates Sunday following the full moon that continues or falls down in the Spring Equinox. The goddess Eoster was honored by rites at the dawn. Nowadays we honor Christ by religious services at the dawn the Easter Sunday.
In the Anglo-Saxon Easter the rabbits are very popular. There are the symbol of the fertility and they were sacred for the goddess Eoster and the beliefs of that time were attributing to the above mentioned goddess taking the form of rabbit.
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The Spring Equinox changes the balance of the day of dark to skylight, they eliminate the long winter nights and the solar light increases. If we see in Easter rabbits, chocolate eggs, baskets of flowers and eggs, if we lead our children to looking for eggs and let's train them coloring eggs and buying to them rabbits, we are losing the meaning of the Resurrection.
Easter-Pascua is the day in which Christ got up in victory of the grave and claimed the victory on the death. Because He lives you also can live simply having faith in Him. Thanks to Him we have hope of an eternal life next to you.
The Resurrection is the reason of the celebration.
(*) uzal@msn.com
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