A friend wrote me: “Since I loped into the Catholic fold, Lent and Easter have become most important times of the year for me. Singing in the church choir for the Easter Triduum has become a meaningful time in the midst of those high, holy rituals. We actually wash feet on Holy Thursday, shroud the symbols and turn out the lights on Good Friday, and baptize and confirm the newbies at the Easter Vigil.”
Yet a symbol does not have to be religious to be profound. What about Gandhi's salt march, the Twin Towers, the Earthrise, and the wedding ring – all secular symbols? ~jpc
Depth symbols direct our attention toward the power at the center of creation. Namaste.
Thursday, April 13, 2006
Depth Symbols
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And what, for example, of water? Bread and wine? Ashes? Sacred or secular? Could it be that with "authentic" symbols, i.e. those that take us to the depths of the way life is, the wall between sacred and secular crumbles? RCW
"Religious" and "secular" seem to be more distinct than "sacred" and "secular." ~jpc
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