Friends, one of these days, when I can make the time, I’ll re-invent the Lenten wheel. But for now, here are some old wheels that still have some mileage on them. Take your pick:
DOOR NUMBER ONE: The Ashes and the Cross: http://www.thesacredbraid.com/2014/03/05/the-ashes-and-the-cross/
DOOR NUMBER TWO: The Bait-and-Switch Switch: http://www.thesacredbraid.com/2018/02/14/the-bait-and-switch-switch/
DOOR NUMBER THREE: How’s Your Love Life?: http://www.thesacredbraid.com/2015/02/18/hows-your-love-life/
I loved Door #1! This quote struck me: ” The experience of descent and dying that never breaks through to dazzling light, the enchantment of wonder, and the joy of transformation, a Good Friday divorced from the taste of Easter hope, is an endless winter, a cruel joke, a vortex of despair. Conversely, celebration of life that knows nothing of suffering, injustice, and ignominy, an Easter Sunday divorced from the Good Fridays of failure and imperfection, of hurting and being hurt, of the harm we have done and the good we have failed to do personally, communally, and globally, is nothing more than Easter-Lite.” What a beautiful way of understanding the paschal mystery, and the cross as chrysalis! I love it.
Thanks for reading TAT Michael and for your generous words. ~ D