April 9th is a Day to Remember
First and foremost, at least for Jan and me, it is my
husband’s and her father’s 83rd birthday. It is also Easter Monday, and lest we forget, it is the week
to celebrate egg salad. I am not kidding, check it out with Jan.
During the past week, called Holy Week in the church, many
special days were recognized. Usually, there are special services on both Monday and
Tuesday, Wednesday offers Stations of the Cross in many liturgical churches.
Thursday is called Maundy Thursday and some churches offer a Seder Supper, foot
washing and stripping of the sanctuary of all ornamentation. Then comes Good
Friday, with rather bleak services of remembrance, held during the day and
evening. A Saturday evening service is
held with the congregants meeting outside the church doors. Often a torch is
carried into the darkened church, then the lights are slowly turned on, and the
church has been magically “put back together” in all its glory and is ready for
Easter Sunday. There is usually a feast of wonderful desserts after the joyous
service.
I often talk and write about volunteering, especially at
StarShine, and none of the above would happen without lots of volunteers.
Dedicated people who make palm crosses on Palm Sunday, who carry things out of
the church, polish the chalices, and arrange the flowers, then, see that
everything is back in place by Saturday evening. Bless those people.
Now, about egg salad, I don’t have much to offer except to
say that I love egg salad sandwiches and being Easter time we have many hard-boiled
eggs in the refrigerator.
Happy birthday to my
husband, egg salad, and I wish you all a blessed Easter Monday.
By Lois Jamieson
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