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Message from the Principal
No one has greater love than this,
To lay down one’s life for one’s friends.
--John 15:13
This Sunday we celebrate Easter, the holiest, most important feast of the Church. As we remember the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, we are filled with thankfulness and praise remembering Jesus’ great love for us and the sacrifice He made.
One of our roles as parents is to instill in our children a sense of and the importance of family traditions. So, too, should we instill Church traditions, especially those during Holy Week. The Easter Triduum begins on Holy Thursday with the evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. It is continued through Good Friday with the celebration of the Passion of the Lord, and on Holy Saturday it reaches its high point with the celebration of the Easter Vigil. These are traditions of the Church and any, or all, would be a wonderful experience in the faith formation of your children. These traditions are celebrated around the world. Parishes may vary in the time of these services, so please check your parish for their Holy Week schedule. Hopefully, this will become a tradition.
Somewhere along the way, baskets filled with eggs, jelly beans, and chocolates have become symbolic of the Easter season. In doing some research, the egg was symbolic of new life. I have come across a “Jelly Bean Prayer,” which perhaps you may have seen. It has been around for some time. For those who may not have seen this “prayer,” I am attaching it. Use it as creatively as you see fit—maybe to make individual packets of the colored jelly beans with a copy of the “prayer” at each one’s place at the Easter dinner table—just a suggestion!
Jelly Bean Prayer
--Charlene Dickerson
Red is for the blood He gave.
Green is for the grass He made.
Yellow is for the sun so bright.
Orange is for the edge of night.
Black is for the sins we made.
White is for the grace He gave.
Purple is for His hour of sorrow.
Pink is for our new tomorrow.
An egg full of jelly beans, Colorful and sweet
Is a prayer, a promise, A loved one’s treat!
My very best wishes for a blessed Easter season,
Marianne Volonnino
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