Tag Archives: Easter 2024

That ‘Good Friday’ Is NOT A Federal Holiday In The U.S. Still Confounds Me — After Nearly 40-Years.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 29, 2024

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I just can’t get used to this. The MOST IMPORTANT day in Christianity and it is NOT a holiday.

I get caught out each year BECAUSE the STOCK MARKET is closed. My life revolves around the stock market because I TRADE every day. SMILE. Terrible thing … addiction. I am addicted to trading. It could be worse. I could addicted to something that costs money.

I saw mail being delivered. I was taken aback — though we now have USPS parcel delivery on Sundays thanks to Amazon.

But, I had to check. Good Friday is NOT a federal holiday. How can that be.

Growing up, in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) & in the U.K., both Good Friday & Easter Monday were holidays. 4-day holiday.

Pope Francis’ Opts Just To Wash The Feet Of Women — Breaking With Tradition. Ahh! No Comment.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 29, 2024

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No DIRECT comments. I don’t want to offend anyone.

Just a few oblique observations in passing.

To paraphrase youthful Leo X it has to be GOOD to be Pope.

Just substitute ‘Joe Biden‘ or even ‘Emmanuel Macron’ for where it says ‘Pope Francis’.

Hhhmmm.

Got me thinking. Feet washing and kissing is still a RATHER STRANGE practice despite its antiquity. Maybe it needs to be rethought.

Hhhmmm.

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They Says ‘Pope Francis’ Looks HEALTHY Ahead Of Easter 2024. I Will Let YOU Decide.

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by Anura Guruge
on March 28, 2024

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No comments. I am NOT an expert on old people or what is considered healthy looking.

Just wanted to make sure that YOU saw and you got to decide.

I will CONFESS that I anticipate a 2024 conclave — and don’t forget we still have 8 long months left.

Last Time Easter Was On March 31, As It Is This Year (i.e., 2024), Was In 2013 (Just 11-Years Ago).

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by Anura Guruge
on March 23, 2024

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Next time it will be on March 31 will be in 2086,
62-years from NOW.

Easter on March 31 is NOT that uncommon. We have seen them per the fairly standard 11-year cycle going back to 1991.

Easter, your quintessential ‘movable feast’ can fall between March 22 (since it HAS to be after the ECCLESIASTICAL Spring Equinox which is always March 21) and April 25 (i.e., essentially the end of the 28-day lunar month).

11 years gaps are common because we have 7-days in a week & leap years occur every 4 years.

With Easter, given the HIGHLY convoluted algorithm used, you can also get 62-year gaps. That is what we will now have with March 31 — 62-year gap to 2086.

Very occasionally we could have the 11 year gap ADDED to the 62 to give us a 73-year gap. That is what we saw last year with Easter.

Easter is next Sunday.

Easter is always on a Sunday.

Don’t confuse Easter with Good Friday which is never on a Sunday.