Tag: Easter
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Creation, Salvation, Eucharist, Sunday: Let Earth be Glad!
I eventually came to hear in the recounting of that marvelous Genesis story the essence of the Resurrection: that the heart of God desires nothing more than light and life and love.
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Alleluia*!
Do our liturgies celebrate a joy that is sober? Do they reflect a realism that is infused with hope?
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Putting On—and Wearing Out—Christ (November, meet Easter)
“I increasingly believe our Christ-clothing needs to be stored right next to the play clothes and the work/chore clothes.”
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Watching People Watch (Then Not Watch) the Eclipse: A Liturgical-Theological Reflection
While the natural-cosmic event was surely most captivating, I also discovered my inner-anthropologist kicking in to make the following observation about the before-and-after dynamics that I think sheds some light (pardon the pun) on liturgical time-keeping.
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What is the Church? A reflection on the readings for Friday during the Easter Octave
“What is the Church?” Simon Peter said to the other disciples, “I am going fishing.” Simon Peter, the passionate. “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Simon Peter, the spokesman. “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life.” Simon Peter, the failure….
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How Ordinary Time are your Easter Time songs?
I have observed that it is a difficult thing to sustain Easter Time over its fifty days. Flowers wilt and spirits sag.
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Alleluia! – updated 4/17
The Alleluia at St. John’s Abbey Easter Vigil – with Frenchy organ improv.
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Quintessential Easter: Darkness and Light, Death and Rebirth
An article in this morning’s Washington Post reporting on some Easter Sunday celebrations in the D.C. area points us to the meaning of Easter itself.