The document is a compilation of reflections on Easter, emphasizing themes of hope, renewal, and the triumph of life over death. Various authors express how Easter signifies new beginnings, the importance of love and forgiveness, and the eternal nature of life. It highlights the transformative power of the resurrection as a source of spiritual strength and inspiration.

2. “If Easter says anything to us today, it
says this: You can put truth in a grave,
but it won't stay there. You can nail it to
a cross, wrap it in winding sheets and
shut it up in a tomb, but it will rise!”
— Clarence W. Hall

3. “Easter is a time to rejoice, be thankful,
be assured that all is forgiven so life
extends beyond the soil of earth.”
— Byron Pulsifer

4. “The great gift of Easter is hope -
Christian hope which makes us have
that confidence in God, in his ultimate
triumph, and in his goodness and love,
which nothing can shake.”
— Basil C. Hume

5. “How often does Love have to tell us,
‘Why do you look for the living among
the dead?’ Our daily problems and
worries can wrap us up in ourselves, in
sadness and bitterness…and that is
where death is. That is not the place to
look for the One who is alive!”
— Pope Francis

6. “Easter spells out beauty, the rare
beauty of new life.”
— S.D. Gordon

7. “I no longer have to be afraid of
looking foolish, or wonder what people
might think about me, as long as I
please the One who conquered death.”
— Sarah Holman

8. “For I remember it is Easter morn, and
life and love and peace are all new
born.” — Alice Freeman Palmer

9. “Easter is the final solution to the
finality of death.”
— Craig D. Lounsbrough

10. “Easter is the miracle of transformation
as seen in the change of seasons, in the
maturation of mortal persons, and in
the resurrection of souls.”
— Richelle E. Goodrich

11. “Easter tells us of something children
can’t understand, because it addresses
things they don’t yet have to know: the
weariness of life, the pain, the profound
loneliness and hovering fear of
meaninglessness.”
— Frederica Mathewes-Green

12. “Do not abandon yourselves to despair.
We are the Easter people and
hallelujah is our song.” — John Paul II

13. “…Easter celebrates life and the idea of
its eternal value, most notably the life
of the gift-giver who demands nothing
in return.” — Richelle E. Goodrich

14. “Easter reminds us that hope must
never be lost for as dark as the road
may seem, there always lies light at the
end of it. The resurrection of Jesus gives
absolute meaning to the faith in eternal
life.” — Unknown

15. “To summarize, Easter Sunday is the
most important Sunday. It is the Sunday
of all Sundays. It is the day of the new
beginning of the entire cosmos, the day
of resurrection. It is the soul’s first taste
of spring.” — Robert E. Webber

16. “The very first Easter taught us this: that
life never ends and love never dies.”
— Kate McGahan

17. “If anyone or anything tries to curse or
kill the Goodness at the Center of all
things, it will just keep coming back to
life. Forever Easter.”
— David Housholder

18. “Here is the amazing thing about
Easter; the Resurrection Sunday for
Christians is this, that Christ in the dying
moments on the cross gives us the
greatest illustration of forgiveness
possible.” — T. D. Jakes

19. “Easter is meant to be a symbol of
hope, renewal, and new life.”
— Janine di Giovanni

20. “On this day we give thanks to Jesus
for giving his believers the GREATEST
GIFTS of all. The gift of love, the gift of
forgiveness and the gift of eternal life
with him in Heaven.”
— Sonya Parker

21. “Earth’s saddest day and gladdest day
were just three days apart!”
— Susan Coolidge

22. “The joyful news that He is risen does
not change the contemporary world.
Still before us lie work, discipline,
sacrifice. But the fact of Easter gives us
the spiritual power to do the work,
accept the discipline, and make the
sacrifice.” — Henry Knox Sherrill

23. “Lord, the resurrection of Your Son has
given us new life and renewed hope.
Help us to live as new people in pursuit
of the Christian ideal. Grant us wisdom
to know what we must do, the will to
want to do it, the courage to undertake
it, the perseverance to continue to do it,
and the strength to complete it.”
— New Saint Joseph People's Prayer
Book

24. “Let the resurrection joy lift us from
loneliness and weakness and despair to
strength and beauty and happiness.”
— Floyd W. Tomkins

25. “The story of Easter is the story of God’s
wonderful window of divine surprise.”
— Carl Knudsen

26. “Easter is very important to me. It’s a
second chance.” — Reba McEntire

27. “On Easter Day the veil between time
and eternity thins to gossamer.”
— Douglas Horton

28. “Our old history ends with the cross;
our new history begins with our
resurrection.” — Watchman Nee

29. “Easter is a time when God turned the
inevitability of death into the
invincibility of life.”
— Craig D. Lounsbrough

30. “The symbolic language of the
crucifixion is the death of the old
paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a
whole new way of thinking.”
— Deepak Chopra

31. “And all that is therein; invisible and
visible. Their notes let all things blend,
for Christ, the Lord is risen. Our joy that
hath no end.” — Saint John of
Damascus

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