Resurrection Tuesday: Bring out the God-colors!

Happy Resurrection, friends! May you know new life, peace, and hope today, tomorrow, and forever. Easter Sunday kicks off a week in the liturgical calendar known as the Easter Octave and a seven-week festival called Eastertide or The Great Fifty Days.

You’re here to bring out the God-flavors and God-colors in the world

“Let me tell you why you are here. You’re here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You’ve lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.

Here’s another way to put it: You’re here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We’re going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don’t think I’m going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I’m putting you on a light stand. Now that I’ve put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you’ll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven.”

- Matthew 5:13-16 (MSG)

Watch: 鈴鹿の森庭園 しだれ梅 - Weeping Plum Blossoms at Suzuka Forest Garden (Japan) by Aqua Geo Graphic

Read: Psalm 103; Psalm 111, 114; Isaiah 30:18-21; Acts 2:36-41; John 14:15-31

Pray: Book of Common Prayer, Collect for Easter Tuesday

O God, who by the glorious resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light: Grant that we, who have been raised with him, may abide in his presence and rejoice in the hope of eternal glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be dominion and praise for ever and ever. Amen.

Listen: A new playlist - Resurrection 2021: Who Will Roll Away the Stone?

Do: In previous years, we've celebrated the Great 50 Days between Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday (aka, Eastertide) with a series I've dubbed Practice Resurrection (after the Wendell Berry poem). It's one of my favorite series all year, and I'm excited to start again.  To get the photo-sharing party started, I’ve created an 8-day Instagram challenge for the first week of Eastertide. Use the prompts as simply or creatively as you’d like, add the hashtag #practiceresurrection2021 and tag me @a_sacramental_life!

Can’t wait to celebrate NEW LIFE together this week, friends!

Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed!

Tamara

Click through to see my Day 2 photo!

You can read here for a brief description of the liturgical season of Eastertide, and see previous Eastertide posts here.

You might enjoy the list of ideas I brainstormed for simple ways to practice resurrection. Choose 1 idea or 50, but whatever you do, do it with gusto!