The Easter Laugh
The Daily Edify18 Apr 2023

The Easter Laugh

Today's episode is about an early church tradition known as risus paschalis - the Latin phrase translates to "the Easter laugh" or "God's joke." If the best definition of a joke is one of exaggeration – the difference between what we expect and what we get – then the “joke” God played on the devil on Easter morning by raising Jesus from the dead is in a league of its own. Often celebrated on the second Sunday of Easter, today many churches honor the risus paschalis tradition by holding a "Ho...

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