The dispute over the proper Pascha, over Easter was once a major issue in The Church. The issue arose over solar and lunar calendars. The West used The Gregorian Calendar, which used the sun for time of day, days, and months, and year while The Eastern Churches used The Julian Calendar which used the moon. What inevitably happened is as the church split, so did the celebrations, so while Good Friday was April 3rd for Western Churches, the Eastern Churches are celebrating on April 10th. We could become dismayed that the whole Church family around the world is not unified and celebrating Passion Week and Easter at the same time. One could echo the words of our Lord Emmanuel, “I am praying not only for these disciples but also for all who will ever believe in me through their message. I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one—as you are in me, Father, and I am in you. And may they be in us so that the world will believe you sent me.” (John 17:20-21). An...
All over the world tombs exist for the founders. Judaism’ principle founder Moses is buried in The Valley of Moab (Deuteronomy 34-:5-6), Islam’s Prophet Muhammed’s tomb is in the Green Dome Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia, Buddha who was cremated has multiple shrines with his ashes, and Joseph Smith is buried in his Family Cemetery in Illinois. Only Christianity, our faith has people flocking to an empty tomb, for its significance is not that Christ is still buried there, but that He was buried there, but “He is not here, He is Risen.” (Matthew 28:6). Around the world people flock to shrines of their sacred and holy leaders, because they were all mortal men who died. In stark contrast, Jesus who is God and Man did not stay dead, He rose from death, “On the first day of the week, very early in the morning, the women took the spices they had prepared and went to the tomb. They found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jes...