Tag: easter 2017
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Offering Hope For The Easter AD 2017
Easter also called Pesach or Resurrection Sunday, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD. It is the culmination of the Passion of Jesus, preceded by Lent a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. Easter joy is real, although it only comes after paying…