Easter is reflecting upon suffering for one thing, but it also reflects upon Jesus and his non compliance in the face of great authority where he holds to his truth - so there's two stories there.

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"Love one another and you will be happy. It’s as simple and as difficult as that."

- Michael Leunig

Love

"It is at Easter that Jesus is most human, and like all humans, he fails and is failed. His is not an all-powerful God, it is an all-vulnerable God."

- Michael Leunig

Faith

"Easter is not limited to the passion and death of Christ; it also includes the dismal tragedy of life unlived by the many, and all the loss of passion and truth that goes with it."

- Michael Leunig

Reflection

"Of all the seasons, winter is the most conducive to the great art of dormancy. This art requires an appreciation of semi-consciousness: the beautiful and necessary prelude to sleep—a special pleasure in itself that is all too often neglected, under-valued or looked down upon."

- Michael Leunig

Reflection

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"In a sense, your small and simple sacrifices are the dots of daily living that make up the masterpiece painting of your life. You may not see how the dots connect now, and you don’t need to yet. Simply have faith enough for the moment you are living in now. Trust in God, and ‘out of small things [will come] that which is great’ [Doctrine and Covenants 64:33]."

- Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf

Faith

"With God all things are possible."

Faith

"For we walk by faith, not by sight."

Faith

"Jesus looked at them and said, ‘With man it is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.’"

Faith

"Jesus answered, ‘I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’"

Faith