Back in grad school at Catholic University, we had class the Monday after Easter. Not all of us were Catholic, of course. I was (and am) Presbyterian, for example, and one of my classmates was a cheerful and energetic ABC pastor (American Baptist Church). He came into class that Monday and boomed out, "The Lord is risen!" Utter silence from the room full of Catholics. So I was the lone fellow Protestant to reply, "He is risen, indeed!" Catholics have way more ritual exchanges in their liturgy than Protestants do, so it was surprising not to hear anything from my Catholic classmates. Maybe they'd just been caught off guard. Or maybe this really wasn't one of their known exchanges. I'll always remember that confused silence, though, which in the moment seemed to hint at a deep cultural rift.
Happy Easter.
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