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Rod Dreher's avatar

Thank you for telling me. Glory to God!

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Sethu's avatar

Happy Easter, everybody!

At the start of the Liturgy this morning, there's a fun part where Jesus is just getting back from killing death, and Isaiah sees Him and asks, "Who has stained Your garments red with blood?" And Jesus goes, "Oh, this? It isn't My blood. . . ."

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JonF311's avatar

Christ is risen!

Χριστος ανεστη!

Христос воскресе!

A blessed Easter to all.

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Katja's avatar

Indeed He is Risen! And a blessed Pascha to you as well! :)

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JonF311's avatar

Thank you. It was a wonderful festal afternoon-- we do the agape service at mid afternoon followed by a feast that would drop jaws with all that was on the tables. Lamb, pork, steaks, all manner of egg and cheese dishes, etc. My poor four bean salad didn't get many takers-- I think people are about sick of beans after weeks of Lent. But I did get a compliment from a native Russian speaker on my Russian reading of the Agape Gospel passage (for those unaware at this service we read John 20:19-25 in as many languages as the people in the congregation can do). I practiced all morning to get the diction right and sound natural not like someone stumbling through it.

I hope you (and Rod and all here) had a blessed feast too.

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Katja's avatar

Sounds wonderful! I'm glad to hear it! 😊

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CrossTieWalker's avatar

Happy Easter!

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Stephanie's avatar

He is Risen! Blessed Pascha to all!t

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Sandra Miesel's avatar

Krystos voskres! Voistynu voskres!

There's a medieval Mystery Play about the Harrowing of Hell in which Christ knocks on the gate and Satan responds: Who's there?" Jesus answers: "The Son of God." Satan replies: "Oh yeah, I knew your Father." At which point the gates collapse and the little devil flee in panic, deserting the cannon they'd rolled out for defense.

A joyous and blessed Easter to you, Rod, and all your readers.

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Scuds Lonigan's avatar

Happy Easter to all.

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Rare Earth's avatar

Blessed and Happy Easter to Rod and all of you!

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Regina's avatar

"I thought you were dead!

But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue?

What happened to the world?

A great Shadow has departed, said Gandalf."

Happy Easter all!

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Andy Szekely's avatar

To have been in Esztergom at Easter in 1934 must be heavenly, but I'm sure that Easter there today must be lovely. I stopped in Esztergom while riding my motorcycle around Hungary in 1995. I pulled over to take out my map, and a lovely lady heard me and opened her courtyard door and told me to park my motorcycle there. She bade me to take a break and have lunch with her and her husband. We sat down to a long, roughhewn table where she served salami, cheese and a little wine. Because of the wine, she told me I couldn't get back on my motorcycle and instead she insisted that I go explore the town. It was magical for a twenty-five-year-old suburban American-- the Basilica and the other churches and the baroque architecture of the town. To this day, I have this idea of a perfect existence when I am old walking to church on Sundays in a town like Esztergom. Happy Easter! Christ is Risen!

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Alcuin's avatar

Rod mentioned three travel books by Patrick Leigh Fermor. I recently read a fourth, "A Time to Keep Silence" (1953), about his stays at various monasteries (a Benedictine and a Trappist one stand out) as well as a visit to rock-hewn cells, long abandoned, in Cappadocia. It's more than a travel book; it's also a chronicle of a man's subtle, unintended spiritual growth from contact with the monks and the places visited.

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Sethu's avatar

Hey, thank you again for bringing the Maronite parish in Chicagoland to my attention: my mom went there this morning.

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Alcuin's avatar

You're welcome...and that's great news!

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alexander augstynski's avatar

Beautiful city

Be happy, feel safe and warm, and smile!

Happy Easter

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Christopher's Eclectic as Hell's avatar

Maybe there's hope for Europe after all.

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Theodore Iacobuzio's avatar

At the risk (more like at the certitude) of sounding churlish: you go ahead and write for whoever'll pay you. That's not what I'm saying. But after watching it in a more or less desultory fashion since it started I have become convinced that The Free Press's raison d'etre is to get us into a war with Iran. For what it's worth.

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Sethu's avatar

Bari Weiss: you can take the girl outta the NYT, but you can’t take the NYT outta the girl.

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Theodore Iacobuzio's avatar

And I don't think Nellie is all that funny.

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Betsy Wuebker's avatar

Agreed. Unsubscribed.

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Theodore Iacobuzio's avatar

I never subscribed, but I get their emails and read what's up for free. It's very subtly done, and, if I didn't now how rich la Bowles is, I'd say I knew who pays for it.

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Dana Ames's avatar

Interesting. I subscribed for a year but don't know if I will continue when that's up. Notwithstanding the obvious bias toward Israel, which is their right, I do like what seems to be a greater variety of viewpoints than in the usual news outlets. I'm curious to know if you have a go-to news source with straightforward reporting that avoids overwhelming the reader.

E felice Pasqua - Cristo è risorto!

Dana

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Theodore Iacobuzio's avatar

Altretanto.

I get my news from wherever I can. This is one area when diversity really is our strength. The more you can read, the more you can triangulate where the truth may lie, or at least what the pubs in question are trying to peddle. If you're asking do I trust one news site above others, the answer is no. it's one of the reasons X remains such a great product. Don't unsubscribe on my account. The more you read the more you'll see what I mean.

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Dana Ames's avatar

I know what you mean, and believe this, Ted. My issue is time... I don't yet know how to read enough to get the picture but not spend inordinate hours on the computer. I wouldn't unsubscribe to the FP on anyone's account :) I just need to figure out exactly how useful it is for me. Thanks.

D.

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Katja's avatar

Christus ist auferstanden!

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Yvonne Drechsler's avatar

Er ist wahrhaftig auferstanden!

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Alcuin's avatar

Es ist wuerdig und recht.

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Katja's avatar

Scheels is one of the fastest growing sports & outdoor companies in the US. Not only are all locations closed on Easter, the message on their website every Easter is unapologetically Christian: https://www.scheels.com/

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Katja's avatar

I just checked my email. They sent out an email today. It wasn't advertising anything. The subject line was "He is Risen!" and the message was an image similar to what is on their website with Matthew 26:8.

I'm sure that they're based in Fargo, ND rather than New York, NY has something to do with this!

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