Before the bustle and the brunches, the colored eggs and the chocolate bunnies, the new dresses and the dreaded ties we should all take a moment and remember what the Easter season is really about. 

Death. 

It is about death. And only when you remember that fact, when you reflect on the blackness of sin and suffering and death sentences does the glory and beauty and wonder of the resurrection truly stand out. 

So soon enough we will sing and celebrate. But for today...? For today we grieve.