My journey for Easter takes me to an examination of Easter eggs as a symbol of new life. My hope is children, especially on Easter, will learn to look at the egg symbolically.
Reminding them that an egg has three parts – a shell, a yoke and the white – just as God has three parts – the Trinity – the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
The egg shell also represents the tomb that Jesus was placed in and the cracking of the egg shell represents Christ rising from the tomb. This is the cultural tradition behind the Hispanic use of the cascarones – brightly colored egg-shells filled with confetti to crack over each other’s heads for fun. And shouldn’t we all rejoice that Jesus is the resurrection and the life?
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