Lenten Writing Prompt #23
Write about liturgical colors. How are they significant or helpful for you in the passing of the liturgical seasons? Do you have a favorite, or do you want to write an ode to each one? Or, do you think that they have lost their resonance and alienate or divide in a community of secularization? How can we reclaim liturgical colors in a way that can be relevant for all? (that's a lot of layers to this prompt, but pick what you want to write about or tackle it all at once, as you wish)
A Thousand Sunrises
ReplyDeleteI love the season of Advent:
the special candles
the swirling music
the building expectation
the soft quietness
the communal preparation
The busyness of the world
makes the quiet times all the more full.
The early darkness
makes the candles even more powerful.
The ever-present hope
makes my routines more meaningful.
And then,
the color blue
fills the altar
It hangs on the wall glowing with beauty
and hope.
The deep rich blue
of a thousand sunrises
calls me to the coming light
Beautiful! I love the blue too and the symbolism.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I think of liturgical colors I think of my clergy stoles. They are in storage now, but not far from mind. I have a set of five. The first is a red silk one with three Jerusalem crosses on each side done in gold embroidery. The other four are modern with wool thread patterns done on raw silk. The white one has a rising sun on both sides. The stoles connect me with the past and my past. Theyalso remind me that my office when wearing them is to be a guide not the message. Doug Millar
ReplyDeleteI mostly remember the one with the rising suns. I'll definitely have to make you take them out of the closet when I visit next : )
DeleteThe colors of a year.
ReplyDeleteWater reflecting blue of sky
Heavenly incarnation
Anticipated
White,
Shimmering with golden accents,
The veil of mystery lifted,
only to reveal
the unseeable.
Birth and death, baptism and saints,
the eternal now.
Verdant green epiphanies,
Growing, changing, extending
Seed to root.
Ordinary time
Purple,
Invitation into healing and reflection,
Deepening understanding
Sprouting from the seeds of what was once separated,
divine and temporal
Now one
White,
Shimmering with golden accents,
The veil of mystery lifted
only to reveal
the unseeable.
Death to life, the eternal now.
Passion filled red,
transformation inescapable
hearts on fire.
Ordinary time,
Growing, changing,
blossom to fruit
Verdant green epiphanies
Leading to a time of harvest.
These make me see them all in a different light. Thank You
DeleteRANDOM COLORING THOUGHTS
ReplyDeleteRed, vibrant, warm, comfy feeling,
Brightens a room, my confidence,
Power, freedom.
As a child with dark brown hair and fair skin,
I was often told I looked good in red,
So maybe it stuck in my psyche.
In church, I’ve never thought about it as
“blood of the martyrs”, but as celebratory
And uplifting, sensing the active Spirit
I moving through Reformation, Pentecost,
Confirmation, Ordination that
Draws me out to louder singing, moving
And sometimes tears of belonging in God’s presence.
Purple, royal, passion, gentleness of Spirit,
Humor, beauty in flowers, clothing accessories,
Walls. Didn’t wait to be old to wear purple,
All shades, moving towards the reds.
Calming my spirit, yet playful.
In the Church, passion, as in Christ
Moving towards death,
Yet rather for me the in your face
Resurrection
Of life.
Royal, yes, as are we all,
Children of the King.