Easter Fun
An Easter Blessing to you. And I pray that each of you have a fun holiday. Suzetta's Christian Legends and Symbols web site is definitely fun. Suzetta's Easter page is filled with links about customs, pets, crafts, and information about animals in the Easter story and legends of the cross. Her page is fun for everyone.
St. Benedict was particularly devoted to Jesus as our Savior on the cross. A medal known as the Jubilee Medal of St. Benedict shows St. Benedict holding a cross on one side and on the other displays a cross. You can get a medal, a book on purgatory and a scapular by mailing $1 to the Scapular Guild, P. O. Box 4651, Philadelphia, PA 19127. What a good way to begin a devotion to the cross!
You can send an Easter greeting from the Electric Holy Card Kiosk sponsored by Faith of our Fathers. Use their search function to find just the right Easter card and use their add-a-link feature to send an Easter page from Suite 101.
Easter Serious
The rest of my article is much more serious and has some descriptions of the crucifixion which are not pleasant. I put my fun and pleasant links at the top of the article, for readers who may wish to stop reading here.
I have heard numerous Easter sermons. Many were graphic descriptions of the crucifixion and sometimes the included the words "the most horrible death that ever happened." I admit to thinking, "How do they know?" and I thought some of the descriptions were probably figments of the speakers imagination. After all, they weren't eyewitnesses. Last year I read a book that reeked with authenticity and convinced me the Jesus' death was uniquely horrible. It was The Mystical City of God by the Venerable Mary of Agreda, also known as Mary of Jesus. The Mystical City of God is a compilation of the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary as shown in visions to Mary of Agreda. It contains, of course, descriptions of the crucifixion. The following paragraphs are exerpts from the book.
"It was already the sixth hour, which corresponds to our noontime, and the
