I was walking along Terminus Road in Eastbourne this morning and actually heard a woman say, "Oh, I forgot it was Easter." Now would anybody forget it was Christmas? Yet, Easter is far more important than Christmas. Yes, we celebrate Christ's birth, but his rising from the dead was surely a much more significant event and it is the foundation of the Christian faith.
As a church-goer myself, it always surprises me how many of the regular congregation are missing from services on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday -- and yet they will be out in for force on Easter Day. It's a bit like coming in to watch the end of a film. You see the concluding scenes, but miss out on most of the story and the events that have led to that finale. Many vicars feel quite strongly that you cannot truly celebrate the joys of Easter Day if you haven't experienced the despair of Good Friday. Sadly, a lot of Christians don't feel the same. And depressingly, for so many of the population today, Easter is more about chocolate eggs and having a couple of days off work.
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