Posted by Adrienne
Alleluia! Jesus is Risen!
You've gone to Mass, had Easter brunch, eaten the ears off of your chocolate rabbit - now what?
More Easter, that's what!
While many people will head back to work and school and life as usual, as Catholics we celebrate the Octave of Easter. Each of the seven days following Easter Sunday are celebrated liturgically as Easter Sunday itself. How wonderful for us to take a week to reflect and rejoice in our Savior! (Sorry, only one Easter brunch, though.)
If you have children (or like to do crafts yourself!), a fun way to continue to celebrate Easter is to make this Resurrection craft by Lacy at Catholic Icing. This scene is similar to a Nativity scene, but has all of key figures from the Gospel accounts of Jesus' Resurrection. My daughter Sydney had a lot of fun with this craft which includes a tissue box for the tomb. We had the most interesting conversation about where we should keep the Risen Jesus prior to Easter Sunday. (He's in the cupboard with our coffee cups so that we will remember to get Him out first thing Easter morning!)
You may also consider praying the Divine Mercy novena in the days leading up to Divine Mercy Sunday, the second Sunday of Easter. The Marians of the Immaculate Conception have a number of wonderful Divine Mercy resources for sharing this devotion with children of all ages.
I love their worksheet pictured with the happy and sad faces about proper behavior at Mass.
(Are dressy flip flops really considered 'beach attire' which I'm pretty sure gets a 'sad' face?!)
photo credit: Resurrection craft by Lacy at Catholic Icing, Divine Mercy worksheet from theDivineMercy.org
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