Easter Thursday: How majestic is your name in all the earth!
Happy Resurrection week 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.
Read all the way to the bottom to join my photo-a-day challenge for the first week of Eastertide!
LOOK: Song of Songs (The Hebrew Bible in Chinese Art), Wu Guo-ting - Source
LISTEN: The Sun Will Rise, a new playlist for Eastertide 2022
READ: Acts 3:11-26; Psalm 8; Luke 24:36-49
PRAY: Collect for Easter Thursday, the Book of Common Prayer
Almighty and everlasting God, who in the Paschal mystery established the new covenant of reconciliation: Grant that all who have been reborn into the fellowship of Christ's Body may show forth in their lives what they profess by their faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
DO: Share a photo for the photo-a-day challenge!
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 #practiceresurrection2022 and tag me @a_sacramental_life!
Let’s celebrate NEW LIFE together this week, friends!
Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed!
Tamara
You might also enjoy: 50 Ways to Celebrate the Great 50 Days of Eastertide! Choose 1 idea or 50, but whatever you do, do it with gusto!
Image: life-new life (1966), Sister Corita Kent - Source