by Lynn Jericho | Apr 8, 2012 | Inner Year |
Today is Easter Sunday, 2012. We celebrate the Resurrection today. I’d love to just jump to feelings of Hallelujah and images of the Risen Christ, but the day begins with Mary Magdalen visiting the tomb to be with the corpse. So let us find our Easter questions in...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 7, 2012 | Wisdom of Selfhood |
From the darkest night to the darkest day to what? No scripture describes the experience of Holy Saturday so what do we do with this Easter emptiness? There is almost no reference to this day in the Bible, so we must really imagine strongly. In Easter Mystery of...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 6, 2012 | Inner Year |
As I work into Inner Easter, I realize what a watered-down, idealized and dramatized, Inner Hollywood, Inner Easter Basket, token and cloudy relationship I’ve had to every aspect of the Easter Mystery. Over twenty years ago I found my way to the wisdom shared by...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 4, 2012 | Inner Festivals, New Spiritual Practices, Understanding Your Soul |
The Last Supper, Gethsemane, and the Betrayal all take place on the first night of Passover between sunset and sunrise. Maundy Thursday asks us to enter the moods of the night — of darkness, loneliness and doubt. This is not easy to do, but easier than the mood of...
by Lynn Jericho | Apr 3, 2012 | Inner Festivals, New Spiritual Practices |
Is it Universal? Beyond Christianity? How does Easter live in your heart each year? What is its meaning for you? How do you celebrate this holy time and holy story? I ask this question of all my readers, whether you are Christian or not. The Inner Year looks to the...