Easter Wednesday: Treasure In the Earth
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!
“There is a treasure in the earth
that is a food tasty and pleasing
to the Lord.
Be a gardener.
Dig and ditch,
toil and sweat,
and turn the earth upside down
and seek the deepness
and water the plants in time.
Continue this labor
and make sweet floods to run
and noble and abundant fruits
to spring.
Take this food and drink
and carry it to God
as your true worship.”
- Meditations with Julian of Norwich
Watch: 4K Cherry Blossoms Viewing Meguro River 目黒川 桜 2015
Amazing Cherry Blossom Viewing @Nakameguro Meguro River.Anyone traveling to Japan in the springtime is sure to experience one of the more exceptional natural events in the seasonal calendar.
Read: Psalm 97, 99; Exodus 12:40-51; 1 Corinthians 15:29-41; Matthew 28:1-16
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 Amy Willers.
Happy Easter!
The tomb is empty! Hallelujah!
Thank you to the preschool class at Church of the Apostles for this beautiful Resurrection Garden.
- Amy Willers, CT
50 ways to Practice Resurrection during the 50 days of Eastertide!
Choose 1 idea or 50, but whatever you do, do it with gusto! (and send me a photo)
I've also attached an Eastertide guidebook that Brian, Amy Willers (our Children's Ministry Director and fellow patron) and I collaborated on for our congregation to practice resurrection together from our homes. Print out the attached PDF which covers weeks 1 and 2 and join in the celebration with us! There are several prompts for photos that you can send to me at tamara@tamarahillmurphy.com.
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.