David McGrath: At Easter, I celebrate the godliness I see in many people

Commentary: I have regained my faith in a certain kind of godliness that I celebrate at Easter inspired by the amazing lives I’ve encountered.

Not till our first child was born did I start thinking seriously about Easter.

Yet I still remembered the intriguing provisions for baptism: that a priest wasn’t required and that any Tom, Dick or nonbelieving Harry could pour the water and say the 18 magic words to administer the sacrament and ensure a baby’s entry into paradise. Early encounters were brief but obviously significant, since I can recall them from childhood. Like the tears I saw in my first grade teacher’s eyes when she was compelled to punish me by denying me recess for the rest of the week, after I carved my initials in my desk.

These are just some examples of innate human goodness from my very long list, near the top of which are people making extreme sacrifices, as when my Evergreen Park hometown neighbor Kenneth Dowdell received the gift of life in the form of a kidney donation from Lenora Salazar of Plainfield, one of some 25,000 donors every year in the U.S. who undergo major surgery often for a perfect stranger.

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