It’s not over…

For those of us Christians who follow liturgical calendars, it’s still Easter time. Allison at Rambling Follower did a great post reminding readers of this yesterday:

Easter – or Eastertide – is an entire liturgical season, stretching all the way to Pentecost. I mentioned this to our sons last night, as a way of explaining why their pane di Pasqua would not be ready by dinner. “Why doesn’t anyone know that?” my 13 year old asked me.

Why indeed? It seems our sons’ religious education – both at home and in the parish – has fallen flat.

Susan Stabile, a Catholic-to-Buddhist-back-to-Catholic writer (and a law professor) whose work I only discovered this morning, has written a whole blog post about continuing the celebration. Read that here. And please friends, share your own ideas about how we can keep the Resurrection alive!

To get this conversation going, let me say that for starters, I plan to keep on baking Easter bread. We have two teens in the house and I am finding the best way to their souls, the best way to help them understand the liturgical life of our Church,  is through their stomachs.

What are your plans? 

Some folks, on her blog and on Facebook, have listed some great arts and crafts ideas. I’m still not sure, but I am thinking I might try my hand at making a pane di Pasqua, too. I’ve found that K and Z also respond very well to full stomachs, lol. Are you going to do anything to keep the season going?