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Joyeuses Pâques !

                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Au bord du toit, près des lucarnes,

On a repeint les pigeonniers,

Et les couleurs vives vacarment

Depuis les seuils jusqu'aux greniers.

Et c'est le vert, le brun, le rouge,

Sur les pignons, au bord de l'eau,

Et tout cela se mire et bouge

Dans la Lys la Durme ou l'Escaut.

On bouleverse les cuisines :

Des mains rudes, de larges bras

Frottent les antiques bassines,

L'écuelle usée et le pot gras.

Sur les linges, les draps, les taies,

Qu'on sèche à l'air vierge et vermeil,

Pleuvent, partout, le long des haies,

Les ors mobiles du soleil.

Là-bas, au fond des cours, s'allument

Faux et râteaux, coutres et socs.

Comme de hauts bouquets de plumes

Sur les fumiers luisent les coqs.

Pâques descend sur le village :

Tout est lavé, même l'égout ;

Et l'on suspend l'oiseau en cage,

Près de la porte, à l'ancien clou.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Émile Verhaeren

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MP3 additionnel  :  "QUAND ON N'A QUE L'AMOUR" !

 Pâques est une des principales fêtes chrétiennes. Elle emprunte son nom à la fête juive, la Pâque, qui se déroule à la même période. Deux fêtes qui n'ont pourtant pas la même signification. Dans la religion juive, Pâque est "la fête des fêtes". Elle commémore la fuite d'Egypte du peuple hébreu, soumis à l'esclavage à l'époque de Pharaon.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Dans certaines régions françaises, il est expliqué aux enfants que ce sont les cloches qui apportent les œufs de Pâques. En fait, si on fait entrer les cloches dans cette légende de Pâques pour les plus jeunes, c'est parce que celles-ci jouent un rôle particulier.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Ainsi, juste avant Pâques, dès le Jeudi saint, les cloches des églises catholiques doivent se taire en signe de deuil. Aux enfants, il a longtemps été raconté que les cloches étaient parties à Rome pour être bénies par le pape. Une légende moins répétée aujourd'hui. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Les cloches se remettent en activité et carillonnent à nouveau dans la nuit du samedi au dimanche de Pâques pour célébrer et annoncer la résurrection du Christ. Les cloches "reviennent" donc pour Pâques, et, selon la légende racontée aux enfants de certaines régions, elles apportaient les œufs, qu'elles semaient sur leur route. 

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Le Vendredi saint commémore le jour de la crucifixion, selon les historiens, autour de l'an 30 de notre ère. Ce jour-là, des chrétiens du monde entier jeûnent et suivent le chemin de croix. En Alsace et en Moselle, il s'agit d'un jour férié.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Le Dimanche de Pâques est celui de la Résurrection :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Trois jours après la mort de Jésus, deux femmes, parmi lesquelles Marie-Madeleine, se rendent sur le tombeau du Christ, qu'elles découvrent vide, avant de voir apparaître Jésus qui leur demande d'annoncer sa résurrection. Ce dimanche est un jour de fête, durant lequel tous les interdits du Carême sont levés.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Commence alors la semaine de Pâques :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Jésus se fait reconnaître par ses disciples, avant de remonter aux cieux, 40 jours après, lors de l'Ascension.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Le lundi de Pâques est un jour férié en France et dans de nombreux pays mais il n'a aucune signification religieuse.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Le repas de Pâques :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Pain azyme, vin, agneau ... Les rites chrétiens s'inspirent de la Pâque juive, qui trouve elle-même ses racines dans d'antiques traditions païennes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    La Cène et L'Eucharistie :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Dans les évangiles, lors de son dernier repas, Jésus bénit le pain et le vin, qu'il présente comme son "corps" et son "sang". Il demande alors à ses disciples de perpétuer ce rite en sa mémoire, ce dernier permettant la rémission des pêchés.