As always, this is so beautiful! We’re with the Ordinariate, who counts this entire season as Trinitytide. For instance, this is the 15th week of Trinitytide. I love it.
I LOVE that you're with an Ordinariate parish (I've heard amazing things about this liturgy from a friend) and that ya'll have retained Trinitytide...that just makes much more sense to me!! Yay context!
(And thank you for the kindess, as always...so grateful to share in all this with friends near and far!)
Ok, one more thought: something really foundational in the way I think about the dating for feasts is the way the historic Church treated them more as a gradient, sort of flowing in and out of one another, rather than a string of islands. One of my favorite things about Thomas Forster's "The Catholic Yearbook" is that he retains that vibe - the mini-seasons are all listed as headings for the feasts and fasts. So, "Michaelmastide" begins around Sept 21 and lasts until Oct 1, while "Roodtide" precedes it. Each feast is more like an epicenter, rather than a complete beginning and end unto itself.
This is the first year I have really leaned into these ordinary time feasts – we are going to a big farm market to buy a pumpkin for Michaelmas on Monday – and it is so fruitful!
This is such a beautiful reflection, Kristin. My Presbyterian tradition has never explored this season of Ordinary Time, so a lot of this way new to me and wow--so many thoughts! Interesting that so much of OTII corresponds to the fullness of the year as far as summer growth and harvest. That has a lot of richness in parallel to the capacity of this season for our spiritual growth.
Thanks so much, Elizabeth...I'm glad you found some good food for thought in here. The way OTII aligns with seasonality (and I would LOVE to learn more our southern hemisphere friends' version of that alignment, too) helps amplify all these truths. It really is a time ripe for spiritual growth and cultivating our faith lives!
As always, this is so beautiful! We’re with the Ordinariate, who counts this entire season as Trinitytide. For instance, this is the 15th week of Trinitytide. I love it.
I LOVE that you're with an Ordinariate parish (I've heard amazing things about this liturgy from a friend) and that ya'll have retained Trinitytide...that just makes much more sense to me!! Yay context!
(And thank you for the kindess, as always...so grateful to share in all this with friends near and far!)
Oh, and I should say that after Michaelmas in a few days, then we’re in Hallowtide until Nov. 2.
YESSSSSSSS oh good golly gumdrops, I couldn't love this more. Hallowtide deserves its due!
Ok, one more thought: something really foundational in the way I think about the dating for feasts is the way the historic Church treated them more as a gradient, sort of flowing in and out of one another, rather than a string of islands. One of my favorite things about Thomas Forster's "The Catholic Yearbook" is that he retains that vibe - the mini-seasons are all listed as headings for the feasts and fasts. So, "Michaelmastide" begins around Sept 21 and lasts until Oct 1, while "Roodtide" precedes it. Each feast is more like an epicenter, rather than a complete beginning and end unto itself.
https://archive.org/details/catholicyearbook00forsuoft/page/n3/mode/2up
I am looking forward to you explaining the reason for the owl holding a radish. This is clearly the time when a picture is worth a 1000 words. 🌸
Hehehe definitely some of my most obscure art! It's a Halloween kale torch...more here:
https://www.hearthstonefables.com/p/the-last-halloween-i-was-waulkin
This is the first year I have really leaned into these ordinary time feasts – we are going to a big farm market to buy a pumpkin for Michaelmas on Monday – and it is so fruitful!
How fun!! I'm excited to see pictures!!
This is such a beautiful reflection, Kristin. My Presbyterian tradition has never explored this season of Ordinary Time, so a lot of this way new to me and wow--so many thoughts! Interesting that so much of OTII corresponds to the fullness of the year as far as summer growth and harvest. That has a lot of richness in parallel to the capacity of this season for our spiritual growth.
Thanks so much, Elizabeth...I'm glad you found some good food for thought in here. The way OTII aligns with seasonality (and I would LOVE to learn more our southern hemisphere friends' version of that alignment, too) helps amplify all these truths. It really is a time ripe for spiritual growth and cultivating our faith lives!