This is the picture outside the house today. Holy Week. It looks more like the week before Christmas, doesn't it?
We've all heard the term "Chreaster" before, referring to those who only go to Church on Christmas and Easter, but seeing that Lent this year is looking more and more like Advent, I'm going to coin the new term "AdLent".
I guess we celebrate AdLent by watching "The Rise of the Guardians"?
No (unless you really want to), but it's worth noting that both Advent and Lent are, in fact, very similar in that both are the times that we wait for Jesus; during Advent, anticipating his first coming, and during Lent, anticipating his second. Both seasons should be time of prayer and penance. That's one reason why the liturgical colors were changed (in many dioceses) from blue to purple during Advent.
Maybe this weather is a reminder of the similarities between the two liturgical seasons.
Maybe it's also a reminder not to put faith for an early spring in a rodent.
Probably dioceses would go from blue to purple for advent because somebody pressured them into following the rubrics or maybe they had second thoughts about being disobedient. Using blue vestments is a liturgical abuse.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I remember when it went from blue to purple in my old diocese back in Indiana. I like the penitential aspect of both seasons, and returning Advent to penance is not only liturgically correct, but good practice in general.
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