by Anura Guruge
on April 15, 2022
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The U.S. has NO — I repeat ‘NO’ — Federal Holiday for Easter.
Good Friday is not deemed a Federal Holiday — & neither is Easter Monday, i.e., the day after Easter Sunday (in lieu of Sunday). In many countries in the world, especially in Europe, Easter is a 4-day National Holiday. This was even the case in Ceylon when I was growing up.
But, not so, in supposedly very Christian U.S.
I saw the local school bus go by this morning. That still amazes I. School on Good Friday. But, the stock market, is closed (& when folks used to tell me that Wall St. was run by Jews). We had mail. So the post office is working. Very strange. I, however, though we are not Christians, gave my daughter the day off from homeschooling. I can’t get used to Good Friday not being a holiday.
Good Friday, IF you think about it, is the MOST SIGNIFICANT DAY In The Whole Of Human History!
What happened on a ‘Friday‘, nearly 2,000 years ago, forever & indelibly changed the course of human history.
No other event has been so consequential.
Yes, I gave this a lot of thought.
What was the most significant event, ever, that changed the course of human history?
One way or another, whether you like it or not, it has to Jesus!
You could argue that in that case the day should be the day he was born.
Alas, we don’t know when that was! Christmas is a totally fabricated holiday.
Hence Good Friday. The day he died. Easter the day he was resurrected. Easter follows from Good Friday. Hence, my claim that it is a two-part Holiday: Good Friday & Easter.
IF you don’t agree and have other contenders PLEASE let me know. It will help me in my thinking.
