tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post5941580570736359865..comments2024-03-23T18:50:32.902-04:00Comments on Telling Secrets: To have a Happy Easter, you've got to have a Good FridayElizabeth Kaetonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06787552280232329081noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-11304788958897123962008-03-17T05:48:00.000-04:002008-03-17T05:48:00.000-04:00Ah yes- what wise words. A long time ago, when I s...Ah yes- what wise words. <BR/><BR/>A long time ago, when I struggled with my return to church, when I was so broken and confused (which I remain - just broken differently I suppose!) a wise person shared with me that you can't really have a resurrection without a crucifixion. <BR/><BR/>That was the dawn of when I began to see through new eyes. This was some small element of the metanoia that I continue to long for (and that I have written about extensively this Lent at my <A HREF="http://stedwardsblog.blogspot.com" REL="nofollow">church blog</A>. <BR/><BR/>That and learning that what begins on Thursday evening is one long, continuous prayer that concludes as we leave the vigil, in the name of the the risen Christ.Franhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07181529277715646835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29373297.post-23960396870186114462008-03-14T13:00:00.000-04:002008-03-14T13:00:00.000-04:00The experience of the whole of Holy Week seems vit...The experience of the whole of Holy Week seems vital to me. There is no way to the Resurrection except through the Cross. Perhaps, I'm nuts, but I look forward to Holy Week. It would seem quite strange to me to appear at church on Easter Sunday without having participated in the liturgies of the preceding days. OCICBW.June Butlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01723016934182800437noreply@blogger.com