Why is Easter in March some years than April?

[Cheburashka]

it shocks me that March will have Easter on the 31st and St Patrick's Day is on the 17th of March...I think it won't be long till we see a double whammy of both Easter and St. Patrick's Day on March 17th in a few years

This says a lot about where you live. In my area and a lot of others, St. Patrick's Day is a non-event, outside of it being a saints' day.

 

[thanxfornoticin]

This says a lot about where you live. In my area, St. Patrick's Day is a non-event, outside of it being a saints' day.

Yea, not for us either......

 

[PrincessShmoo]

it occasionally fell on the birthday of a sibling.

I have 2 kids who fall in the "when is Easter?" variability. March 22 and April 12. I never really thought about it, it just is what it is.

 

[georgina]

Not sure how anyone raised Catholic could have missed that the readings of Holy Week clearly mention the last supper was celebrating Passover

 

[mjkacmom]

This says a lot about where you live. In my area and a lot of others, St. Patrick's Day is a non-event, outside of it being a saints' day.

Pretty big here, our town’s parade is on Saturday (pipers have so many parades to do), my daughter is flying home from SC for the after parade bar crawls. Have a party that morning, and others on the 16th and 17th.

 

[goofyernmost]

My best guess would be because God wanted it that way! Just accepting those small things makes life a lot easier.