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Tuesday, 8 February 2022

Seasonal Cycles


The unfolding of the seasons is an overarching template for the Celtic imagination. In the pre-Christian tradition there are significant feast days aligned with the equinoxes and solstices. And then there are the cross-quarter days, which are the midway points between them and part of the harvest cycle.

The Christian calendar incorporates many of these rhythms, with Christmas falling near the winter solstice, the feast of John the Baptist at the summer solstice, and Easter after the spring equinox. The monastic prayers of the Liturgy of the Hours also respects these sacred rhythms of nature’s rise and fall, birth and death.


Why not make time for contemplative walks outside in your neighbourhood. Instead of trying to get somewhere specific, simply pay attention to the world around you and how God might be speaking to you. Pay particular attention to the signs of the season—what flowers might be in bloom, whether the trees have their leaves, and the height of the sun in the sky. Ask yourself what season your own soul is in right now.


Scripture meditation

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die.—Ecclesiastes 3:1–2a


May we remember today 

that we are part of an unfolding story
That calls us to listen 

to God’s words with intent to action
May we live in the reality 

of God’s kingdom entering into our lives
May we rejoice 

in the wonder of God’s eternal presence
May all that we do deepen our awareness of God
May we see in every moment the spark of holiness
And recognise Christ in every encounter
May God’s word burst from the pages of our lives and …
become the life we live AMEN


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