As we celebrate Easter this year, not being together, and the churches not open for the most part. It is a good time for a reminder of all the symbols we will still see all around us and the origins of them being from our Catholic Faith. 

The Rabbit is a sign of fertility. Jesus gave us life as much in excess as rabbits have fertility. 

The Egg is a sing of resurrection. As the chick hatches out of the egg, it symbolized Jesus bursting out of the tomb.

 Also, the legend of Mary Magdalene going to the market on Monday after Easter, and as she was coming home, she was singing about the resurrection of Jesus. A lady asked her why she was so joyful. She told her about the resurrection.

The lady said, “I believe that about as much as I believe the eggs in your basket are red. Mary moved the cover of her basket and her eggs had turned red. We die the eggs to symbolize that joy. 

Chocolate or candy is a sweet snack representing the sweetness of heaven. Originally this sweetness was represented by Hot Cross Buns until the inventions of factories making Easter designs on chocolate. 

The Main Symbol, the Lily, the flower that blooms in spring and looks like a trumpet has been used for hundreds of years to trumpet the resurrection.

The spring flowers represent New Life in Christ. 

Like Christmas, the Easter symbols used in all cultures, are Catholic Christian in nature. The doors can be closed, we can keep people out of the churches, but we cannot keep Jesus out of the culture and every fabric of our lives. 

Happy Easter!