We read, there is a time to live
and a time to die; we thought
we get to choose, but even
Saturday dawns bright yellow
with birdsong; it stretches into
Easter churches, silencing
their pews, emptying the
air of alleluias

Trump said Easter is a “very special day for me.” “Wouldn’t it be great to have all of the churches full? You know the churches aren’t allowed, essentially, to have much of a congregation there,” Trump said. “You’ll have packed churches all over our country. I think it would be a beautiful time.” He added, “I’m not sure that’s going to be the day, but I would love to aim it right at Easter.” – Business Insider, March 24, 2020

For this is the reason the gospel was proclaimed even to the dead … (1 Peter 4:6)