Easter Rising

The word Ostara is just one of the names applied to the celebration of the spring equinox on March 21. now other religions call it Easter. the Spring Equinox, which in the northern hemisphere is around the 20th or 21st of March and in the southern hemisphere around the 23rd of September. Ostara is called Easter in the christian religion sadly they do not know the whole story behind it so lets get some insight to it. Nature Spirits: Mer-people, Air and Water beings who are connected with spring…

Resurrection Life Easter was my father’s most favourite time of year, and it became increasingly so as he grew older. His spirit identified with nature as it came to life again after the desolation and cold of a long Manitoba winter. Each new flower species, from crocus to daisy, heralds new life after death. Unless a seed dies, God cannot give it a new body. When I was doing my first term of Clinical Pastoral Education at University Hospital in Saskatoon, SK, a World War Veteran was assigned…

In my novel: Department 19: The Rising the search for love, truth, and Identity comes into play multitudinously. Jamie’s life has been an utter disaster since the day he agreed to the terms of Department 19. He was hoping for a sojourn of a stay, but with the demise of his father, and the transmogrification of his mother into a vampire, he is in way over his head. Furthermore, the insurmountable burden of taking care of the greatest threat to mankind on his shoulders, Jamie Carpenter is in for…

Every December we get together to celebrate Christmas, which is Jesus’ birthday. We also celebrate Easter Sunday in April. Easter is a Sunday that is dedicated in the remembrance of resurrection of Jesus Christ. My family does not have any certain “rituals” or traditions that we follow. We do however have the common faith in Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. This…

knowledge I had was from my first communion and confirmation classes. Every year my parents would have us watch the story of Jesus during Christmas and Easter day, which is also how I learned about our faith. Growing up until now the Virgin Mary has been an essential part of our faith. Even though we rarely attended Church we have never missed mass on Easter Sunday, Christmas, and the Virgin Mary’s big day or any other important celebrations. We basically haven’t missed any celebration regarding…

In Mexico, Christmas is celebrated from December 12th to January 6th. From December 16th to Christmas Eve, children often perform the 'Posada' processions or Posadas. Posada is Spanish for Inn or Lodging. There are nine Posadas. These celebrate the part of the Christmas story where Joseph and Mary looked for somewhere to stay. For the Posadas, the outside of houses are decorated with evergreens, moss and paper lanterns. In each Posada, children are given candles and a board, with painted clay…

The Real Meaning of Easter Jesus Is Alive Characters: Narrator, Easter Bunny, Jesus, Mary, Two Guards, Simon, Nary Magdalene, and an Angel Narrator: (Enters and greets children) “Hello everyone. I am so glad you all are here tonight, because I want to talk about someone very special and He is the real meaning of Easter.” Easter Bunny: (Hops in carrying an Easter Basket) Narrator: “Hello Mr. Bunny. Who are you and what are you doing here?” Easter Bunny: “Oh, Come on Lady, everybody…

Triumphal entry into Jerusalem (Matthew 21:1-11) Jesus and his disciples are on their way to Jerusalem for the Passover feast. In Jerusalem was crowded with many people who had come for the annual Passover celebration in a springtime Sunday. Jesus had spent for traveling through the towns and villages of Palestine. He preached about the kingdom of God and healed the sick. Now the time had come for Him to claim as the Messiah. Jesus knew His mission was almost finished and He warned his…

long held traditions kept by their religion or faith. Holiday traditions was a topic in the French class, the traditions of different cultures were misunderstood or could not be explained by their basic language. The explanations of the “Easter bunny” or the “Easter bell” were dismissed by some of the students as tall tales since they could not adequately describe the true meaning with their limited vocabulary or understanding of the history. All of the stories were just funny when explained so…

would have been more open and willing to share his feelings and fix his problems. For Wade, we can see his lack of honesty in his slightly tumultuous relationship with his virtual friend Aech. Wade becomes so obsessed with finding the keys for the Easter egg and his relationship with Art3mis that he has a fallout with Aech. The primary reason for this is Wade’s dishonesty to Aech. An instance of this is him lying about his relationship with Art3mis to Wade (Cline, 257). He spends more time with…