Easter Basket Blessing & Egg Hunt

Name: Easter Basket Blessing & Egg Hunt
Start: 2026-04-04T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-04-04T13:00:00-04:00
Location: 5655 Stadium Parkway, Melbourne, FL

Schedule

Sat Apr 04 2026 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

5655 Stadium Parkway, Melbourne, FL | Rockledge, FL

All are invited to bring their Easter Baskets for a blessing on Holy Saturday. Additionally we’ll have some very fun Faith filled activities for the kids to enjoy including storytelling, an egg coloring craft, an egg hunt with prizes for all regardless of how many eggs you find, and even a photo opp with the bunny at the end.
Take a moment this Easter to continue a family tradition or start a new one and rejoice with your loved ones, recognizing what the Lord has given to you.
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HISTORY OF BASKET BLESSING
The tradition goes back to Europe in the Middle Ages and has its roots even earlier, when Christians began to fast leading up to Christ’s Passion. As the Church evolved, the people began to celebrate the end of the rigors of fasting by eating a special meal on Easter Sunday that included many of the foods avoided during Lent. Beginning around the 15th century, parishioners began asking their pastor to bless this Easter food, often brought to the church in a basket.
Fast forward. For most, a special basket has been chosen, often lined with fine linen, then filled with certain foods. They may include the following:
Eggs: symbols of eternal life, of new life, of Christ’s Resurrection.
Butter: God’s goodness, often molded into the form of a paschal lamb; the Lamb of God.
Bread: the bread of life, often a round loaf symbolizing eternal life.
Horseradish & pepper: like the bitter herbs offered to Christ on Calvary.
Links of sausage or kielbasa: indicating that Christ broke the chains of death.
Ham or bacon: representing God’s abundance. lamb: the meat eaten as Passover.
Salt: hospitality and prosperity.
A candle may be added, indicating Christ as the light of the world, and two nails tied in the shape of a Cross.
The food is covered with linen reminiscent of that which was placed over Christ’s body (the linen cloth that covered His head). The food is brought to the church on Holy Saturday, and placed before the priest for his blessing, he being the conduit of the Source of all blessing. The blessing reminds the faithful that the sadness of Holy Saturday (before the Vigil) will soon give way to the joy of Easter Sunday, the joy that Jesus Christ is alive and has broken the chains of death forever!
And... Why color Easter eggs?
Have you ever heard the legend that goes with the coloring of eggs? The story goes that Mary Magdalene had an interview with the Roman Emperor, Tiberius, and she brought him an egg to explain that Jesus rose from the dead. Tiberius is supposed to have said that there was about as much chance of Jesus coming back to life as there was for that egg Mary was holding to turn red. With that the egg turned bright red! From that legend prompted the coloring of Easter eggs, a prominent part of the basket brought on Holy Saturday.
Another legend was that Simon of Cyrene was an egg merchant, who was carrying a basket of eggs when asked to help Jesus carry the cross. After the Crucifixion and Resurrection, the story goes, that the eggs in Simon’s basket turned bright red, representative of Christ’s blood shed on Calvary. Hope you plan to have some bright red-colored eggs in your basket!