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Visiting a Grave

by Ed Hays on Apr. 16, 2009

Spiritual Reflections

A Psalm of E=MC2 Easter

Brother Einstein’s Easter Law

delights my hopeful heart,

which wishes to never die.

For that quantum equation maintains

that matter taken to the speed of light squared

is turned into pure energy again.

My body, so subject to sickness,

to aging and death's cold bite,

is a companion human body of Christ

who encountered the kiss of death

upon Good Friday’s consecrated cross.

The lifeless matter of his once vibrant body

was carried away to the grave,

condemned to become a worm's decaying dinner.

Yet, you who are Life could not stand to see

your beloved’s body decay,

so you carried out once again

your first and awesome act of creation.

You reanimated the matter of his body

and moved its molecules

at more than the speed of light,

and it was again transformed

into the Light of Lights,

into pure eternal energy.

In your infinite design

nothing dies;

it only changes form,

until it finally and forever changes

into your form,

into the energy of the light of Love Divine.

Take hope, my heart,

be firm, my feeble faith,

for the matter of the flesh and bone I call me

will also become an Einstein Easter Event.

http://ncronline.org/blogs/spiritual-reflections/visiting-grave

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But science and the Christian faith always have been related. At least in the West, science has been an incredible effort to find out how God’s creation works and is ordered. With respect to the feast near at hand, most people, I think it is safe to say, are unaware that Pascha (Easter) is dated at least partially according to science – astronomy, to be more precise. When asked, “How do we know the date of Pascha?”, some might even reply, “We ask Hallmark!”

In fact, Pascha is dated for scientific reasons, which tell theological truth. In the early days of Christianity, the Resurrection was celebrated in two differing ways. The first was the way of the Quartodecimans (a term which means “14-ers”). This group commemorated the resurrection of Christ on the day of the Jewish Passover, regardless of what day of the week that was. The Passover was celebrated on 14 Nisan, a date according to the Jewish calendar, established with Moses (see Exodus 12). Since Christians believe that Jesus is the fulfillment of the Passover, this feast was “Christianized” in this way. The second group celebrated Pascha on the first Sunday after the Passover, since Jesus rose from the dead on a Sunday. So in this view, Sunday is the new Lord’s day, on which Jesus conquered death. These two varying celebrations lasted until the fourth century, at least officially.

http://www.pemptousia.com/2012/03/science-and-faith-meet-on-the-date-of-easter/

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We were waiting for the green crysalis to open...

We were waiting for the green cactus to bloom...

Guess when both events happened?

God is sooooo good!

Sincerely yours in Jesus and Mary,
Mike Rizzio

Imitate Mary
Become like Jesus
Live for the Triune God

Seek the Light of Our Lord Jesus Christ
See you on the High Ground!


* - J.M.J. + O.B.T. + M.G.R. stands for:
Jesus, Mary and Joseph;
O Beata Trinitas;
St. Michael, St. Gabriel and St. Raphael