We are rejoicing because He has risen!
These were plain wooden letters that were on sale with the Easter items at a local craft store. I decided to use them to mark out the major focal points of the fifty days of Easter.
This one celebrates the Octave of Easter...an empty tomb and the words "He is Risen."
This one celebrates each Sunday as a mini Easter...on the road to Emmaeus, they recognized Him in the breaking of the bread.
Divine Mercy Sunday
May, the month of Mary
Ascension Thursday
Pentecost
On the mantle with this year's stained glass ALLELUIA, the two little nests await a blue bird in May (for Mary) and a dove on the Feast of Pentecost, the little scene on the end depicts this week's Garden of the Good Shepherd theme.
And the angels guard our Divine Mercy novena roses.
(sorry, I have no patience for flipping pictures this morning...there is Easter grass everywhere that needs to be swept up!)
All in all the gentle Holy Week crafting turned out quite nicely and we really did have a lovely celebration of the Triduum and lots of Easter joy.
Here's our crop of decorated wooden eggs...some done stained glass style and others painted. The boys had not enough patience to go back and create the Pysansky style look as I had planned, but I think they are quite lovely anyway, don't you?
And this year's crop of Easter boys.