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It is now nearing Easter (on March 26), and the yearly commemoration of what is considered historic fact: the [resurrection and] ascension of Christ into heaven.¹ Untold millions have in one way or another commemorated that occasion through the centuries. Private lives have merged with public sentiment and religious fervor. There have been numberless village festivals, or intimate family gatherings, and church services performed on Easter Sundays now forgotten. There have been bloody wars fought on the same account, and private persecutions in which those who did not agree with one or another’s religious dogmas were quite simply killed “for the good of their souls.”

There have been spiritual rebirths and regenerations — and ungodly slaughter as well, as a result of the meaning of Easter. Blood and flesh have certainly been touched, then, and lives changed in that regard.

1. I added “[resurrection and]” to Seth’s passage because Jane told me that according to ordinary teaching Christ’s resurrection from the dead took place on Easter Sunday, the third day following his crucifixion (on Friday), while his ascension into heaven transpired at an indefinite later time — up to 40 days later, as stated in the writings of St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles (AA 1:10). As far as we know, Seth’s inference that Christ’s resurrection and ascension took place on the same day is contrary to popular belief.

[...] Not that I compare myself with any Easter time gift, you understand. [...]

[...] I do not come on tippy-toe like the white Easter bunny with a white floppy tail through the tulips! [...]

[...] I think that because of the Easter weekend coming up, an extension of the tax-paying deadline until next Tuesday the 17th is permissible, but I don’t want to wait that long. [...]

[...] It took place on Easter Sunday, a chilly, gray day. [...]

[...] Elisabeth, our German friend, left a lemon cake for me and had brought Jane an Easter basket.

[...] Ruburt here thinks, you see, of the Easter date with your parents, and the note written at your parents’ home. [...]

[...] I also thought the data was mixed up with the planned visit of my parents to the apartment for Easter Sunday, April 10, and a very short reminder my mother had written in connection with this.

(Yesterday was Easter, and a very quiet day in the neighborhood. [...]

[...] Her story however was printed on Monday, April 18, which means she had to see Bill sometime Monday morning. This was possible because Bill Macdonnel, as a teacher, was still on Easter vacation. [...]

[...] This means we can’t pay them until Monday, the 16th, the day after Easter.

[...] For an analogy here she uses flowers—Easter and lilies, for example. [...]