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The Secret Current: Lectionary Lessons and the Way to Easter

In the Western Tradition, Septuagesima Sunday kicks off the Easter cycle of the Church Year (like beginning the Triodion in the Eastern Rite). As the first of the three Sundays which make up the Pre-Lent season in the West, Septuagesima (the Sunday nearest the 70th day before Easter) makes it clear liturgically that we have turned a corner: all “alleluias” are suppressed until Easter, as well as other exuberantly joyful hymns and canticles, and the liturgical color is changed to violet. The lectionary also shifts gears to themes appropriate to this new path: themes of repentance, renunciation, and works of mercy.

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The Two-Step Resurrection

When you picture the resurrection of Christ, what do you think of? For centuries Christians have been depicting Christ’s resurrection. In both East and West, there’s no shortage of icons, paintings, frescoes, mosaics, stained glass windows, and relief carvings of the subject. But sometimes these images depict very different looking scenes while using the same title “Resurrection.” Continue reading “The Two-Step Resurrection”