Today’s Reflection
THE CHURCH celebrates Easter Day for an entire week. Easter Sunday through the Sunday following is known as the Easter Octave, and it is appropriate throughout the week to worship with the same mood of exultant celebration as one does on Easter Day. The practice of extending the festivities throughout the octave following a feast dates back to the twelfth century. . . .
The liturgies of the Easter Octave testify to our collective desire to linger in the atmosphere of the great mysteries of our faith. . . . As with any beautiful or meaningful happening, it is natural to want to linger savor, retell, and re-experience. In so doing we come to understand more clearly and appreciate more deeply what we have been given.
- Wendy M. Wright
The Rising
From page 124 of The Rising: Living the Mysteries of Lent, Easter, and Pentecost by Wendy M. Wright. Copyright © 1994 by Wendy M. Wright. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Upper Room Books. http://www.upperroom.org/bookstore/. Learn more about or purchase this book.
Today’s Question
Can you identify an “Easter moment,” a time this Easter season when you experienced anew the resurrection of the Lord? Share your reflections.
Today’s Scripture Reading
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