12 Tribes,  Counting the Omer,  Feasts,  Reflections

Making Lent Linger – Part 3

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{Counting the Omer – Day 12}

 I grew up knowing that there were 50 days from Easter Sunday till Pentecost.

I grew up marking time from the Resurrection to the birth of the church.  In my young heart, it wasn’t nearly important as Christmas or Easter, because children weren’t showered with gifts on Pentecost…

And now that I am older – I think perhaps we have it all backwards?  Pentecost is a celebration of the most incredible gift – the one that Jesus couldn’t wait to pour out upon His friends.

In the midst of longing somewhat for liturgy, being led into creating a liturgy of my own with the help of the Holy Spirit…part of the year of contemplation – liturgy (a form of public worship) and contemplation (a form of private devotion)…

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