Thomas Griffin 4/12/26 (For The Daily Signal)
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In the contemporary U.S., Easter Sunday is only celebrated on one day of the year. That celebration brings families together for a joyous occasion. However, in the Christian tradition, Easter lasts much longer than just a single day.
The Catholic Church celebrates the season of Easter for 50 days (until Pentecost), as do the Orthodox churches. This tradition is ancient, being rooted in Scripture, and we can truly learn something from following it and continuing the commemoration of Easter beyond the solitary Sunday.
First, Easter can motivate us to move past the core sins that tend to control us. The Christian belief is that Jesus’ cross and resurrection beat the powers of sin, evil, and death. These realities still occur, but, through the gift of Jesus’ life within us, we can move past them and tame them.
Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and children. He has a masters degree in theology and is a masters candidate in philosophy. Thomas is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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