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Easter Short Stories
What is the meaning of Easter?
While the focus was once on Easter Sunday, now it is on the Easter Bunny. But Easter Sunday is much more than a day of colorful plastic eggs and chocolate bunnies; it is in fact a day that left the world forever changed.
It had been three days since Jesus had received the death penalty by popular vote. His friends and followers were devastated, as they had come to believe that He was not just an ordinary man, but the Son of God. He had performed miracles, healed every disease, and even brought a man back from the dead.
On that third day—the day we now celebrate as Easter Sunday—His friends went to His grave, but instead of finding His body, they found an open tomb with no body in it. In fact, what they saw was an angel who told them, “Don’t be afraid! I know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He isn’t here! He has been raised from the dead, just as He said it would happen” (Matthew 28:5, 6).
Jesus rose from the dead on Easter Sunday; now He offers to you the gift of eternal life and forgiveness of sins. This is the true story of Easter, and this salvation is for you. GOD loves YOU!
MENGAPA KITA BERPANTANG DAGING PADA HARI JUMAT?
Pada abad ke-4 sudah ada hukum Gereja tentang berpantang pada hari-hari tertentu. Dahulu setiap hari Rabu, Jumat dan Sabtu
adalah hari-hari pantang. Sejak abad ke-12 pantang ditetapkan hanya pada hari Rabu Abu dan setiap hari Jumat - untuk
mengenang bahwa Yesus wafat pada hari itu. Pada tahun 1965 Paus Paulus VI mengijinkan Konferensi Para Uskup untuk menetapkan
masa pantang dan puasa. Maka ditetapkan hari Rabu Abu dan Jumat Agung sebagai masa puasa dan pantang serta setiap hari Jumat
dalam Masa Prapaskah sebagai masa pantang.
Mengapa berpantang daging? Banyak orang suka kelezatannya dan merasa kehilangan jika harus berpantang. Dulu peraturan pantang
dan puasa orang-orang Kristen juga memasukkan susu dan telur sebagai pantangan. Pantang dan puasa menunjukkan rasa hormat
akan ciptaan Tuhan dengan menggunakannya lebih hemat.
Sumber : Ask a Franciscan by Father Pat McCloskey, O.F.M.; © 2001 St. Anthony Messenger Press.
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