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Eggsperience EasterEvery year children look forward to eggs on Easter Day. I can remember looking for mine in the garden. Have you ever wondered why we eat eggs on Easter Day? 
The use of the egg as a Christian symbol goes back to the 4th century when eggs were forbidden during Lent. The problem with this is that much of Lent usually falls during early Spring, the peak time for hens to lay eggs. This led to the practice of hard boiling eggs during Lent and decorating them as gifts for children on Easter Day. It wasn't until Victorian times that John Cadbury made his first chocolate egg. The first creme egg dates from 1923. Perhaps it was the lack of creme eggs that made Queen Victoria's life so unamusing! The egg itself of course is a symbol of new life. Spring is a time for planting: a time for new shoots, new life. On Easter Day Jesus offers us precisely that - New Life. It is an opportunity for the 'old seed' within to die and a 'new seed' to take shoot. Jesus death on the cross and his resurrection on Easter Day offers us the opportunity of New Life in him. The resurrection is not the easiest thing to believe in, even the early disciples found it difficult but for those who take the trouble to investigate the events of Easter, the evidence is compelling. Will you rise to the challenge of Easter Day? Wishing you all a very Happy Easter Cogges Parish | Other articles | Previous issue | 
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© 2001; Published in Cogges Parish monthly newsletter, number 261, April 2001 | |