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Doubting Thomas

By LEON YOUNGBLOOD

Last week, I suggested some alterations to Easter-time in order to simplify the season a bit.   For one thing, if it was left up to me, I would stop calling Easter “Easter,” and call it Resurrection Sunday instead.  Also, while I would not entirely throw out observances for the Sunday following the Paschal moon, I would nail down the generally accepted date of Resurrection Sunday from the Gregorian calendar—April 6, 33 AD—and celebrate Christ’s Resurrection every April 6^th.  While these changes have merit, I will not worry if they’re not universally accepted. Continue reading “Doubting Thomas”