Easter Tuesday: Tree of Life
Happy Resurrection Day, 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. I'll be posting little bits of beauty each day of the Easter Octave and each Sunday following that.
Read all the way to the end of the post for a way you can help us practice resurrection!
In the opening pages of the Bible, God gives humanity a gift that they quickly forfeit—eternal life that comes by eating from the tree of life. In this video, we explore the meaning of this powerful image and how sacred trees play a key role throughout the story of the Bible. It all leads up to Jesus himself, who died upon a tree so that he could become a new tree of life for all humanity.
Watch: Tree of Life, The Bible Project
Read: Psalm 103; Exodus 12:28-39; 1 Corinthians 15:12-28; Mark 16:9-20
Pray: Collect for Tuesday of Easter Week
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 honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
Listen: A new Spotify playlist - Resurrection 2020. Add it to your account by clicking ‘Save to My Library.’
Do: Send me a photo and caption of yourself practicing resurrection. Here's one from patron Christine McCann.
For me, gardening is how I practice resurrection. The joy of my first daffodils to bloom each spring after a long Vermont winter.
A blessed Easter-tide to you!
Christie
I'm working on a new resource that better fits the shelter-in-place lifestyle we're all living (look for it in tomorrow morning's post!). For now, this should get you started: 50 ways to Practice Resurrection during the 50 days of Eastertide!
Choose 1 idea or 50, but whatever you do, do it with gusto!
I look forward to hearing from you!
Tamara
p.s.You can read here for a brief description of the liturgical season of Eastertide, and see previous Eastertide posts here.