Waiting… waiting… the images of waiting are everywhere just before Easter. Mary Magdalene at the tomb, the disciples wondering “what now?”, all of us in suspension after the events of Good Friday and before the release of Easter Sunday morning. But even, maybe even especially, in our impatient world of instant gratification, waiting can be a fruitful spiritual practice. “Like the space in a Chinese painting, time in which nothing happens has its purpose.”
The Easter Vigil is a rich and beautiful liturgical event. It is adaptable to many different contexts and situations, from larger cathedrals to smaller rural parishes. Like much of Anglican worship, it is a feast for the ear.
read moreOn this Easter Sunday,
Let us roll away the stone
The stone that stifles the divine spark within us
That keeps us from being our true selves
Beatitude Seven: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.”
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