Now let the heavens be joyful!
Let earth her song begin!
The world resound in triumph, and all that is therein;
Let all things seen and unseen their notes in gladness blend,
For Christ the Lord hath risen,
Our joy that hath no end.
"The Day of Resurrection," John of Damascus
We had a truly joyful Easter Sunday. The celebrating began at the Easter Vigil at St. Andrew's Cathedral on Saturday night, where friends George and Adeline were baptized. We had the honor of being Adeline's godparents, so the celebration was even more special. Because the Vigil has a tendency to be a little long, and because it's late in the evening, Kathleen had miss that bit of celebrating. She made up for it today, though!
Easter festivities began right away this morning. Kathleen woke and had barely finished her milk when she spied her Easter basket. She was most excited about the new animals for her Noah's ark set, but got pretty excited about the candy, too, once she was allowed to taste it. The other big favorite in the basket -- the Easter grass!
Just after we were finished inspecting the Easter basket, we got a call from Daddy. It was such a blessing to be able to talk to him and share our Easter morning with him. Shortly after that, we got Kathleen outfitted in her dress, hat, and matching purse, and we were out the door to church for Easter breakfast and service.
After church and her nap Kathleen had her very first Easter egg hunt in our living room. She was delighted to find the eggs. She was even more delighted to find that the eggs open AND contain candy. She doesn't understand the resurrection, but she definitely understands candy! We shared dinner tonight with friends, and had a lovely evening.
Our day was blessed by an abundance of food and fellowship, but we are most blessed by the day itself and by what our God has done for His people. We are reminded -- more now than ever -- that our joy and our strength is in Him who conquers all things, even death.
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