Some
thoughts on a Holy Week.
Passover and Easter are often intertwined.
It is
often hard to embrace the centuries old message of Easter and Passover when we are mired in
seeming fear and worry from terrorists and terrorist’s threats. When we are
occupied with concern for our service men and women and their safety in so many
fields of harm and when we struggle just to meet the daily needs of our
families in these tough economic times.
Easter
for Christians around the world is a time of renewal and rebirth, not only of
one’s faith, but also of the joy and peace that is supposed to come from the
practice of that faith. Passover is a happy time with the four questions of one's faith.
In
general, it seems to me that many who profess to practice their faith, no
matter in what religion it is structured, more often they talk a good game, but
come up short in honoring one’s God with tolerance, non-judgment, and
unconditional love. Me included.
Opportunities
of selfless and Samaritan acts of grace go by the wayside when quick judgments,
dogmatic bickering, and historic ethnic hatreds rule our everyday actions.
There is
good and truth in all faiths, all religions. It is man who creates the
differences and the conflicts in order to worship the same God of many names.
May your week be blessed and I hope you had a happy Passover.
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