The time when Easter is ordained to take place is, like the Paschal celebrations as a whole, redolent with sacred mystery. In the first place, we are careful to wait until after the equinox to celebrate the Lord’s Passover . . . so that the feast-day on which the Mediator between God and man, having destroyed the power of darkness, opened the way of light for the world, might show its inner [significance] by means of the order of time. — Bede, 0 (trans. Faith Wallis)
Reflection
It was a revelation to one of my Jewish students when she realized that the holidays she cherished tied the rhythms of her life throughout the year to the agricultural and social cycles of ancient Israel. What had begun as a term paper about the Jewish calendar had become an intellectual journey that transformed these days from mere dates in the Gregorian calendar into moments of meaning connected to her heritage. [Read more…] about Scholar’s Compass: Lent and Easter’s Timing