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Thoughts on ‘the reason for the season’

Sunday 1 April 2018 | Published in Opinion

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Thoughts on ‘the reason for the season’
The origins of Easter are complex, but one thing's for sure, it's a great time for kids who like chocolate. 18032906

Priest or pagan, sinner or saint, Catholic or Protestant, and everything else that falls into the spectrum of believers and unbelievers here in the Cook Islands, no matter where you are or what you believe or sit, you can be thankful today, albeit to a God you acknowledge or not, that we have a long weekend and for many a time to celebrate a critical event in the history of mankind. And that event is Easter.

Priest or pagan, sinner or saint, Catholic or Protestant, and everything else that falls into the spectrum of believers and unbelievers here in the Cook Islands, no matter where you are or what you believe or sit, you can be thankful today, albeit to a God you acknowledge or not, that we have a long weekend and for many a time to celebrate a critical event in the history of mankind. And that event is Easter.


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