Easter 2025

Today is Good Friday and in three days we celebrate Jesus’ resurrection, on Easter Sunday.

The date of Easter varies from year to year and the date is determined by the full moon.

The simplest explanation for when Easter Sunday occurs is that it is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of Spring. The first day of Spring may vary on the calendar, but for the purpose of determining Easter, the Church considers 21 March as the Spring equinox.

Beyond that simplistic explanation, you can get into the Lenten Moon, the Paschal Full Moon, and mathematical approximations following the Metonic Cycle. All that is much more complicated than I care to try to understand.

Easter seems rather late this year. I remember many Easter Sundays when we had a little snow on the ground. I hope that is not the case this year, although this cool spring has extended the blooms of our spring flowers.

Next year Easter Sunday will be 5 April 2026 and the following year on 28 March 2027.

Today, as we contemplate Good Friday, we look forward to a glorious Easter Sunday.

A lot can happen in three days.

He is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia!  

Happy Easter, everyone!