The colour of royalty
Purple also symbolises pain and suffering
This week we journey through Holy Week. This week is the last few days of our 40 day journey in Lent to prepare for the death and resurrection of Christ. The Holy Week journey starts with the Palm Sunday procession that starts in our homes and gathers in our Eucharist and cuppa after the service.
I am aware that in any group of people, there will always be individuals who are feeling alone or left out. It can happen so easily that, despite the crowds, people can be so isolated. It’s an experience that Jesus knew on the cross when all the crowds of Palm Sunday deserted and only a few remained.
As we journey, we are called by our faith to care for others. It’s easy after church to share a coffee with people we know well and at the same time miss the person who is struggling with loneliness. As we gather together let us be alert to paying attention to all, making sure all are included.
Our journey as Christians is with Christ towards the heart and mind of God. A God who is found in the other, especially in the person we so easily overlook or forget.
This morning we make an interesting procession as we have made our way from our different homes to be one people gathered in Christ for Eucharist. And then we have another interesting procession where we go out into the world to be salt and light even to those who might seem to be the least in God’s Kingdom, a Kingdom where love and forgiveness, hospitality and hope, justice and peace reign.
Have you noticed: The colour purple
Originally, Lent was the time of preparation for those who were to be
baptised, a time of concentrated study and prayer before their baptism at the Easter Vigil, the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord early on Easter Sunday.
The colour purple symbolises both the pain and suffering leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus as well as the suffering of humanity and the world under sin. But purple is also the colour of royalty, and so anticipates through the suffering and death of Jesus, the coming resurrection and hope of newness that will be celebrated in the Resurrection on Easter Sunday.
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