- Article (blog post)
- 600 words
- Level: all audiences
A post by Br. Guy Consolmagno on The Catholic Astronomer website, reprinting an article from The Tablet about calendars and determining the date of Easter.
What’s significant is the underlying principle behind this arbitrary formula. The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath: our religious feasts are not controlled by the Moon. And so future colonists on Mars or beyond can set Easter for whatever date best suits them.