Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of a journey, an invitation to intimacy with oneself needed for the possibility of being intimate, close with others. The traditional lesson for this liturgical moment is, perhaps, an invitation from Jesus to such intimacy.
Maundy Thursday: Sounds, Darkness, Expectation
“These many years later I still remember how my heart shook at the sound… of Chopin combined with the sight of dimmed lights and exiting colors. It reminds me that the Christian story of joy, hope, and salvation is one also of passion and suffering…”
This reflection was originally shared by Albany Presbytery