Easter – Locus Communis

Bede on Easter and Baptism

We can understand that each of us enacts the mystical celebrations of Easter on the day of our baptism, in that we escape spiritual annihilation through the sign of the precious blood, and pass over from spiritual darkness. Bede the Venerable, De temporum ratione

In spring

In spring all creatures came into being and the first parent was formed from the clay of the earth. In spring Jacob was called from Mesopotamia to his own land. In spring the children of Israel were led out of the land of Egypt, the blood of the lamb turned the destroyer of Egypt away,Continue reading “In spring”

Springtime is nature executing her Easter liturgy

Spring with its transformation of hill and meadow, is, accordingly, a great symbol of an event in sacred history and of an event now taking place within the church. Springtime is nature executing her Easter liturgy. Neither poetry nor art can even approximate her grand display. In every corner of her vast cathedral a thousandContinue reading “Springtime is nature executing her Easter liturgy”